Dear Parents and Guardians:
Two firefighters from the San Francisco Fire Department presented fire safety information at your child's school through the San Francisco Firefighters in Safety Education program. Please review the material below with your child and ask him/her to share and show what he/she has learned with you. By reviewing this material with your family, you will reinforce these key safety messages with your child, and you will also learn crucial information that will help you and your family to be safe in the event of a fire.
Fire Safety Tips
1. If You Wake Up In a Smoky Room Or Hear the Smoke Alarm Go Off:
a) Drop to the floor and crawl, keeping your head low.
b) Crawl to the door and feel the door with the back of your hand. If it is hot,
do not open it. (If the door feels hot, there is fire on the other side of it.)
c) If the door is hot, crawl to the window and open it just a little bit. (Opening
the window a lot might feed the fire and make it larger.)
d) Wave and yell out the window, or toss out a teddy bear, a pillow, or a sheet
out the window. Firefighters will be surveying the windows for people who need
help.
2. If Your Clothes Catch On Fire – Stop, Drop, and Roll!
a) STOP If you run, this will make the fire larger.
b) DROP to the ground.
c) ROLL like a log, using your hands to protect your face and airway.
3. Play With Toys. Do Not Play With Tools – Matches Are Tools!
a) Teddy bears and other toys do not hurt children.
b) Tools can hurt you, like matches or pliers.
c) Tools can lose their ability to help if you play with them. You can wear out the
batteries of a flashlight if you play with it, and when you need the flashlight, it
will not be useful.
4. Firefighters Look Scary But They Are There to Help You
a) Firefighters look scary, like Darth Vader, because they have on large coats,
thick helmets, and breathing masks.
b) If you see a firefighter coming into the house, don’t hide. They want to find
you and help you.
c) If you see a firefighter come into the room, hug them the way you would hug
someone you love, so they can carry you out of the house and away from the
fire.
5. How To Use 911
a) Who comes when 911 is called? The police, firefighters, or an ambulance.
b) Pick up the receiver of the phone before dialing 911. Dial 9-1-1.
c) Someone will ask you what the problem is. Tell them your address.
d) Know your address.
e) Don’t hang up the phone. Stay on the line, and firefighters will find you by
tracing your number, wherever you are. If you are calling from a cellular
phone, you need to tell to know your address.
f) 911 is a Tool. Do not call 911 as a game.
6. Smoke Detectors
a) Have a smoke detector in each bedroom of your house.
b) Also have a smoke detector in the common areas of your home.
7. Draw a Home Escape Plan With Your Family
a) An escape plan shows at least two ways out of each room, in case one
way is blocked by fire and smoke.
b) Designate a meeting place outside the home in case of fire or other
emergencies.
c) Know where 911 can be contacted outside the home, such as a pay phone
or a pull box on the corner.
d) Help your child draw a home escape plan.
e) Practice your escape plan together with your family.
Thank you for teaching your child to be safe during a fire!
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