Risk Watch: Make Time for Safety

Fire Safety Day
Grades 3-4
by Kathy Sillavan, College Station, Texas
2000 NFPA "Teacher of the Year" nominee

Objectives

To reinforce the "Risk Watch" Fire and Burn Prevention Curriculum.
Students will use their Risk Watch knowledge to create a home fire exit plan.
Students will use their Fire Safety activities to improve cardiovascular health.

1. Fire Safety Tag

Materials

cones to mark off activity area
two red bean bags
two blue bean bags

Procedure

Four students are chosen to be taggers. Two of these students are given red beanbags and two are given blue beanbags. When the taggers tag the runners with the red beanbag, a runner must shout "Stop, Drop and Roll," and then perform those movements before continuing to play the game.
When a tagger tags a runner with a blue bean bag, the runner must pretend to call 911 and give the following information: name, address, phone number, before continuing the game.
After a few minutes, new taggers are selected and the game continues. (It is important that the students do not throw or use the beanbags in a harmful way while tagging. Students should be told to move carefully since their classmates will be on the floor part of the time.)

2. Fireman's Relay

Materials

1/2 hula-hoop
cones
safety mats

Procedure

Option #1: Stop, Drop, and Roll Relay

Form 2-4 lines
The first student in each line runs to a safety mat, stops, drops and rolls across the mat using a log role.
Then he/she gets up and runs around a cone and back to the end of the line.

Option #2: Stay Low and Go

The first student in each line runs to the mat, crawls low under smoke (which is a 1/2 hula-hoop inside of two cones) and runs around a cone and back to the end of the line.

After both games, the teacher and the students discuss: When and why do we "stop, drop and roll"? Why do we stay low and crawl under smoke? How do we plan an Exit Drill in the Home?

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