Get Firewise : Teachers : Firefighter visit
While schools can deliver any Firewise programme without the input of firefighters, a firefighters presentation can occur at, or near, the end of the year 1 and 2 programme.
The presentation summarises the key learning in the Get Firewise programme and takes 30 to 40 minutes.
To arrange for a firefighter or Firewise coordinator to visit your class please use the form provided here.
Please note, a firefighter presentation supports, but it it not a substitute for, the learning programme. Students must have completed, or have almost completed, Get Firewise, before a firefighter can visit.
The presentation is designed around gaining responses from students and will be delivered to one class at a time. The firefighters will not deliver presentations to groups of classes.
Firefighter visit - year 1 and 2
This presentation will focuses on:
- being safe with matches, lighters and candles
- the speed of fire
- escaping from a room that has smoke in it.
The firefighter or Firewise coordinator will use a range of visual aids in the presentation, including props, a flip chart and a short piece of DVD footage.
The presentation will end with your students completing an evacuation of the classroom crawling under a black smoke sheet.
If a group of firefighters from your local fire station come to your class they will be on duty and may be called away if there is a fire emergency call-out.
Visiting the fire station or exploring the fire truck
You may be able to arrange for your class to visit the local fire station, or for your class to look over the fire truck.Exploring the fire truck is usually a separate visit in addition to the Get Firewise presentation.
Not all fire stations can offer a visit to the station or an exploration of the fire truck as this has to fit within the work of that station.
Discuss a goodwill visit when you arrange your Get Firewise presentation.
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