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Further activities following the visit

Activities for the group members to undertake as part of the group or individually
 
Home Safety Check:
 
The children design and carry out their own home safety check.
They could then carry out the home safety check in relative’s homes, for example Grandparents.
How many questions are created depends on age and ability.
Things to think about:
Smoke alarm -
Are there working smoke alarms?
Are they in the correct place?
How often are they tested?
Escape plans -
Have you got an escape plan?
Does everyone in the home know it?
Do you tell people who stay the night?
Is the escape route kept clear?
Have you got a second escape route?
Are door and window keys easy to find?
 
Bed-time routine
Do you tidy away toys and clothes your at night?
Do you switch off electrical items which do not need to be on?
Are doors shut at night (especially the kitchen and living room)?
Does someone check the cooker is turned off?
 
The kitchen
Are the cooker, microwave and toaster kept clean?
Is there always an adult in the room when cooking?
Are young children kept away from the cooker when it is hot?
Is the area around the cooker kept neat and tidy?
 
Matches and Lighters
Are matches and lighters kept out of the reach of children?
Does everyone know how dangerous matches and lighters are?
Do children know what to do if they find matches or lighters?
 
Electricity
Are electrical items switched off when they are not needed, especially at night?
 
Candles
Are all candles in proper candleholders?
Are any candles in unsafe places, such as, on the TV, near curtains?
Are candles put out when there is no adult in the room?
 
Fires and heaters
Do fires have guard around?
Is everything far enough away from the fire?
Is there a smoker in the house?
Does the smoker dispose of their used cigarette, cigar or pipe in an ashtray?
Do they know it is dangerous to smoke if you are falling asleep?

 

Escape Plan for home
Design and draw an escape plan for your home. (More detail can be added depending on age and ability):

 

Make plan showing each room, including where windows and doors are.
Decide with the people you live with the best way to get out of the home in an emergency. (The safest way is your normal way out.)
Draw on your route for each room.
Think of a second route if your first route was blocked.
Choose a room you would all try to get to if your were trapped, for example you couldn’t get downstairs. This room should have a window that opens.
Make sure everyone you live with knows the plan.
 
Helping keep older people safe 
Do a home safety check and escape plan for older people you visit such as grandparents.
Deliver a fire safety presentation to an older people's group.

Escape plan for the group’s meeting room

Design and draw an escape plan for your meeting room:
Make plan showing each room, including where windows and doors are.
Decide with your group the best way to get out of the building an emergency. (The safest way is your normal way out.)
Draw on your route.
Think of a second route if your first route was blocked.
 
Stop, drop and roll (This involves rolling around on the floor; you may wish to use mats.)
 
This can be done in a number of ways:
Everybody moves around the room, when you shout or blow a whistle everybody must stop, drop to the floor and roll around.
Half the group moves around the room, when you shout or blow the whistle the other half of the group shouts out what to do (stop, drop, roll).
 
Calling for help in an emergency
 
If you have access to one, a pretend telephone is useful.
Make sure the children know it is not connected.
 
Fire safety display
 
Create a display showing the main fire safety messages. You could see if this could be put up in the meeting room, or a local library and so on.Think about who it is aimed at; young people or adults. 
 
Fire safety play
 
Design and perform a play about fire safety. This could be put on for other members of the group, or younger children for example the Brownies put on a play for the Rainbows.Create a display showing the main fire safety messages. You could see if this could be put up in the meeting room, or a local library and so on.Practice calling for help in an emergency. The questions the Fire control operator will ask are Practice what to do if clothes catch fire; stop, drop and roll. 
 
Model house 
 
Design and create a model of a house showing fire safety information. This could be the whole house or just one room, such as, the kitchen.