Let’s Have Fun

With Fire Safety!
Dear Parents:

You have an important role in teaching children about fire safety. 

This activity book gives children valuable fire safety and prevention 

tips. To help your child become more aware of the information in 

this book, we encourage you to talk to them about fire safety and 

prevention. The tips below will help you:

• Make sure you have working smoke alarms on every level of your 

home. Put them inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.

• Test your alarms each month.

• Change batteries each year if you need to.

• Change your smoke alarms after 10 years.

• Make a family escape plan.

• Practice your plan at least twice a year.
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Let’s Have Fun With Fire Safety

Welcome to the U.S. Fire Administration’s Activity Book, 

where fire safety and fun start!

You should learn this information so you can tell 

someone if you have an emergency. Fill in the 

blanks below.

Name: ______________________________________

Age: ________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________

 _____________________________________________________________

Phone number: ______________________________________________________

Fire department: ____________________________________________________

Emergency number: _________________________________________________
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About Fire

Fire is fast!

A small flame can become big quickly. It only takes a 

few minutes for smoke to fill your house.

Fire is hot!

The temperature in a fire can be very hot.

Fire is dark!

When a fire starts, it is bright. But the smoke will 

make a room very dark. You may not be able to 

see.

Fire is deadly!

Smoke is poisonous and can hurt you.
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I Spy the Smoke Alarm

Can you find the smoke alarm?

Smoke alarms 

should be inside each bedroom 

and outside sleeping areas. Put 

them on the ceiling or up high 

on the wall.
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What to do if You Hear 

a Smoke Alarm Sound

Follow these steps when you hear a smoke alarm sound:

• If there is smoke, get low and 

go to your exit.

• Go to your family’s outside 

meeting place.

• Call the fire department. • Stay outside. Once you are 

outside, do not go back inside 

unless a firefighter says it is 

okay.

Remember to follow these same steps when you are sleeping 

over at a friend’s house or staying with your grandparents.
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Find Two Ways Out

You should know two ways out of every room and two 

ways out of your house. Can you find two ways out of 

these rooms?

BEEP! BEEP!

BEEP!

BEEP!
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Draw an Escape Plan

• Draw the layout of 

your room. Turn 

this page around 

to give you more 

room. Include:

– Doorways.

– Windows (if 

they can be 

used as exits).

• Draw two ways 

out of your room.

• Practice escaping 

from your room! 

Keep track of how 

many times you 

practice escaping.

__________________

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Choose an Outside Meeting Place

Your meeting place should be outside your home where 

firefighters can see you.

A good outside meeting place is far enough from your home 

to be safe, and it stays in one location. Circle the good 

choices for an outside meeting place below, and put an 

“X” over the bad choices.
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Never Touch Matches, Lighters or Candles

If you find matches, lighters or candles, tell an adult.

If you get burned:

• Put the burn under 

cool water for three to 

five minutes.

• Tell an adult about 

your burn.

• If the burn is bigger than 

your palm, you should go 

to the doctor.
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Kitchen Safety

Stay fire safe in the kitchen!

• Stay 3 feet away from the 

stove or oven.

• Don’t put anything 

that can burn on 

the stove.

• If you are 

allowed to use 

the microwave, 

remember that 

the microwave and 

food inside can get 

very hot.

• Let the food cool 

in the microwave 

after it cooks.

• Remove food 

slowly so it doesn’t 

spill on you.
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Find Two Ways Out Coloring Math

Directions: Solve the math problems, and use the color 

key to color each item in the room according to its number. 

Can you find two ways out of this room?

(Hint: They should be colored in green!)

Color Key

2 = red

3 = green

4 = yellow

5 = purple

6 = orange

7 = blue

1+1

2+1

4-1

6-1

3+1 4+3

3+3
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Let’s Review

Fires burn fast and hot, and smoke 

can make a room very dark.

Remember:

• Know two ways out of every room in 

your house.

• Practice getting out with a grown-up.

• Stay low, and get to your exit if 

your smoke alarm sounds and you 

see smoke.

• Before you open a door, feel it. If it is 

hot, use your other exit.

• Go to your outside meeting place.

• Call 911 or your emergency number 

from a cellphone or a neighbor’s 

house phone.

• Stay outside. Do not go back in the 

house for anything.
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My Drawing Pages
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Use these pages 

to draw something you 

learned about fire safety.
U.S. Fire

Administration

For more information or copies of this publication, please contact:

U.S. Fire Administration

16825 South Seton Ave.

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

800-561-3356

www.usfa.fema.gov

FA-348 / June 2016