page_title: Fire safety
section_title: Public fire safety education
hierarchical_section_title: Fire safety / Public fire safety education
caption_attribution_description: Fire personnel from the U.S. Forest Service brought Big Valley school children to Ash Creek Campground on the Big Valley Ranger District for a day of fire prevention and conservation education activities for their annual “Kids in the Woods” event May 26, 2016. The program provides an outdoor learning experience for the children with events covering campfire safety, good vs. bad fires, wildland firefighting and a visit with Smokey Bear! The program, coordinated with the help of school teachers, parents and community volunteers, is designed to enhance environmental literacy and share the value of healthy wildland fire.
context_page_description: Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent ignition of an uncontrolled fire, and those that are used to limit the development and effects of a fire after it starts.
  Fire safety measures include those that are planned during the construction of a building or implemented in structures that are already standing, and those that are taught to occupants of the building.
  Threats to fire safety are commonly referred to as fire hazards. A fire hazard may include a situation that increases the likelihood of a fire or may impede escape in the event a fire occurs.
  Fire safety is often a component of building safety. Those who inspect buildings for violations of the Fire Code and go into schools to educate children on Fire Safety topics are fire department members known as Fire Prevention Officers. The Chief Fire Prevention Officer or Chief of Fire Prevention will normally train newcomers to the Fire Prevention Division and may also conduct inspections or make presentations.
context_section_description: Most U.S. fire departments have fire safety education programs.
  Fire prevention programs may include distribution of smoke detectors, visiting schools to review key topics with the students and implementing nationally recognized programs such as NFPAS "Risk Watch" and "Learn not to burn".
  Other programs or props can be purchased by fire departments or community organizations. These are usually entertaining and designed to capture children's attention and relay important messages. Props include those that are mostly auditory, such as puppets and robots. The prop is visually stimulating but the safety message is only transmitted orally. Other props are more elaborate, access more senses and increase the learning factor. They mix audio messages and visual cues with hands-on interaction.  Examples of these include mobile trailer safety houses and tabletop hazard house simulators. Some fire prevention software is also being developed to identify hazards in a home.
  All programs tend to mix messages of general injury prevention, safety, fire prevention, and escape in case of fire. In most cases the fire department representative is regarded as the expert and is expected to present information in a manner that is appropriate for each age group.
caption: Members of the United States Forest Service Fire Department teaching children fire safety
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