Safety For Kids PP

Fire
Join the Fight! Safety

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Overview for Fire is Everyone’s Fight™
Community PowerPoint
Presenters: Presentation
• This PowerPoint includes slides to cover the essential home fire

safety information for any community presentation.
• In addition, audience-specific slides have been created for:
– Caregivers of babies and toddlers
– Older adults
– Caregivers of older adults
• Use these additional slides as needed to customize your
presentation to your audience.
• Optional audience-specific slides can also be deleted as a group if
not needed.
Fire is fast!
• You may have less the 3 minutes to

escape.
• Smoke is deadly—kills more people
than flames.
• Every home needs fire protection
and a plan for escape.
Smoke alarms save lives.
• Have working smoke alarms on

every level of your home.
• You should have a smoke alarm
inside bedrooms and outside
sleeping areas.
• Push the button on the smoke
alarms every month to make sure
they are working.
• Replace smoke alarms that are
more than 10 years old.
Make an escape plan.
• Know 2 ways out of every room.

• Have a meeting place outside
your home.
• Know how to call 9-1-1 from outside
to report a fire.
• Practice your escape plan with
everyone who lives in your home at
least twice a year.
Cooking is the number
one cause of home fires.
• Stay in the kitchen when you are

frying, grilling, broiling, or boiling
food.
• If you leave the kitchen, turn the
burner off.
• Keep things that can burn away
from your cooking area.
• Turn pot handles toward the back
of the stove so they won’t get
bumped.
Heating is the second
leading cause of home fires.
• Keep anything that can burn at

least three feet away from
fireplaces, wood stoves, portable
heaters, and radiators.
• When you leave a room or go to
bed, turn heaters off or unplug
them.
Heating is the second
leading cause of home fires.
(Continued)
• Have your furnace, chimney, and

chimney connector inspected by a
professional each winter.
– Make repairs before cool weather
sets in.
• Make sure your portable heater has
an automatic shut-off switch that
turns it off if it tips over.
Be fire smart with
electricity.
• Extension cords are for temporary

use only.
• If you have an electrical cord that is
frayed or broken, don’t use it.
Be fire smart with
electricity. (Continued)
• Plug portable heaters directly into

the outlet.
– Don’t use an extension cord.
• Plug only one heat-producing
appliance into the electrical outlet.
– Never use an extension cord.
– Examples: microwave, coffee
maker, and portable heater
Smoking in your home
puts you at higher risk to
have a fire.
Ask all smokers to:

• Always smoke outside.
• Use deep, sturdy ashtrays.
• Put cigarettes all the way out —
every time.
• Put water on cigarette butts before
throwing them in the trash.
• Never smoke in bed or if drowsy.
Caregivers
of Babies
and Toddlers
Children under the age of
four are at a higher risk of
home fire injury and death
than older children.
• Most child deaths are in homes

without working smoke alarms.
• Teach all children what the smoke
alarm sounds like.
• Be aware that children may sleep
through the sound of the smoke
alarm.
Practice your escape plan
with children.
• Have a plan for young children who

cannot get outside by themselves.
• You will need to wake babies and
very young children and help them
get out.
• Teach older children how to get
outside if there is a fire.
Keep children safe from
fire danger.
• Keep children 3 feet away from

anything that can get hot.
– Space heaters and stovetops can
cause terrible burns.
• Lock up any items that can start a
fire (matches, lighters, cigarettes,
etc.).
• Make sure children cannot reach
candles.
Older Adults
Prevent a fire from
starting.
• Medical oxygen can explode if a

flame or spark is nearby.
– Even if the oxygen is turned off, it
can still catch on fire.
• Keep heaters at least 3 feet away
from things that can burn.
Prevent a fire from
starting.
(Continued)
• Heaters can cause fires if they are

too close to furniture, beds,
curtains, or other materials that can
burn.
• Turn space heaters off before you
leave the home.
Be sure your smoke
alarms work for you!
• You can test your smoke alarm

using a cane or broom handle.
• Test to make sure the sound of the
alarm is loud enough to wake you.
– Vibration/strobe smoke alarms are
available.
Make an escape plan
around your abilities.
• If you need to use a wheelchair or

cane, make sure you can get to
them quickly.
• Keep wheelchair/cane, glasses, or
hearing aids next to the bed.
Be aware of fire risks when
drowsy.
• Be a safe cook. Make sure you are

awake and alert when cooking.
– Alcohol and some drugs can make
you sleepy.
• Smoke only when alert.
– Never smoke in bed or if drowsy.
• Blow out all candles if you leave the
room, get sleepy, or go to bed.
Caregivers of
Older Adults
Help an older adult stay
safe at home.
• Make sure the smoke alarms work

and that they will wake people up
when they are sleeping.
– Vibration/strobe smoke alarms are
available.
• Test smoke alarms once a month.
• Replace smoke alarms after 10
years.
Make an escape plan
around their abilities.
• Make a fire escape plan that tells

what each person will need to do to
get out safely.
• Remind the older adults to keep a
phone, wheelchair/cane, hearing
aid, and glasses next to their bed.
Help prevent fires from
starting.
• Make sure no one smokes in bed or

around medical oxygen.
• Keep 3 feet between heaters and
materials that can catch fire.

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Fire

Join the Fight! Safety

• This PowerPoint includes slides to cover the essential home fire

• You may have less the 3 minutes to

• Have working smoke alarms on

• Know 2 ways out of every room.

• Stay in the kitchen when you are

• Keep anything that can burn at

• Have your furnace, chimney, and

• Extension cords are for temporary

• Plug portable heaters directly into

Ask all smokers to:

• Most child deaths are in homes

• Have a plan for young children who

• Keep children 3 feet away from

• Medical oxygen can explode if a

• Heaters can cause fires if they are

• You can test your smoke alarm

• If you need to use a wheelchair or

• Be a safe cook. Make sure you are

• Make sure the smoke alarms work

• Make a fire escape plan that tells

• Make sure no one smokes in bed or

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