โ† Skills
Skill 3 ยท Be Safe

Fire Safety

Fire spreads fast. Knowing the right moves can save your life โ€” and there are only a few to learn.
Scene 1 ยท If clothes catch fire

Stop. Drop. Roll.

If your sleeve, dress, or jumper catches fire, do not run โ€” running pushes air into the fire and makes it bigger.

STOP
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Freeze where you are. Don't run, don't wave.
DROP
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Drop down to the floor.
ROLL
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Roll over and over. Cover your face with your hands.

Rolling smothers the flames โ€” fire needs air, and your body squashes it out.

Scene 2 ยท If there's smoke in the room

Get low โ€” under the smoke

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Smoke rises and gathers near the ceiling.

โ†“ Crawl close to the floor โ†“

Smoke is more dangerous than the fire itself. The clean air is near the floor โ€” that's where you breathe.

Crawl on your hands and knees. Cover your nose and mouth with your shirt or a towel. Move toward the way out.

Scene 3 ยท Doors

Touch the back of your hand to the door first

  1. Use the back of your hand (not palm) to feel the door before opening.
  2. If it feels warm or hot โ€” DO NOT open. Fire is on the other side. Find another way out, or stay and wait by a window.
  3. If it feels cool โ€” open it slowly and crawl through. Close doors behind you to slow the fire.
Scene 4 ยท Get out, stay out

The meeting place rule

Every family should have a meeting place outside โ€” a tree, a lamppost, a neighbour's gate. Once you're out, go there. Never go back inside for a toy, a pet, or anything. Tell a firefighter what's still inside โ€” they're trained for that.

  • Know two ways out of every room (door + window)
  • Know the meeting place outside
  • Practise it as a game once a year
  • Sleep with the bedroom door closed โ€” it slows fire down by minutes
  • Scene 5 ยท Don't play with fire โ€” ever

    Things that start fires

    Matches, lighters, candles, stoves, fireworks, electric sockets, hot tools. These are all grown-up tools, not toys. If you find matches or a lighter on the floor, tell a grown-up right away.

    Lit candles need an adult. Birthday candles get blown out by a grown-up. Power sockets are never for poking things into.

    โ˜… The big idea

    Three things to remember forever

    Stop, drop, roll โ€” if you're on fire.

    Get low, get out โ€” if there's smoke.

    Stay out โ€” once you're outside, go to the meeting place. Don't go back.

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