Fire Safety Program in Schools
This programme is delivered by both operational firefighters across the county and our prevention team.
The schools program includes:
Year 3 (age 7/8)
KS2 Safety Squad- Interactive PowerPoint Presentation and activities.
For year 3 delivery, schools should receive notification of this delivery in September, to enable them to arrange a suitable date and time for delivery to your class.
Year 6 (age 10/11)
KS2 Crucial Crew events
Crucial crew involves a number of schools attending the event in their local area, where they are split into groups, and visit different scenarios led by different agencies who are delivering life skills education.
The day is split into these sessions and the young people go from one agency scenario to another throughout the day. At the end of the day they will have been to each scenario.
For Shropshire Fire and Rescue service, our session utilises our fire safety tent to spot the hazards that could be present within the home.-
Groups are to consider what could cause a fire and how to prevent them, the importance of smoke alarms and escape plans, and complete an activity about the consequences of deliberate fires.
Our attendance at Crucial crew events is co-ordinated by the organisers in the local area, who invite schools to attend.
Early Years and People Who Help Us
These sessions are not part of our formal educational programme.
A PowerPoint resource is available on request for teachers to use with students in preparation for their Year 3 fire safety talk.
Our schools program is co-ordinated by our Prevention Officer – Children and Young People, so if you have any enquiries relating to this, please contact the Prevention team by either calling 01743 260200 or emailing enquiries@shropshirefire.gov.uk.