Update on Preschool and Child-Care Fire Safety Visits
Continuing Fire Safety Education
Fire safety remains a priority. There are ready-to-use fire safety lesson plans available so that educators can continue teaching these important topics in the classroom. Schools that complete the lessons can enter to win a fire truck visit, ensuring equal opportunity for participation.
We invite you to join us at our monthly Open Houses where families and educators can tour the station, explore fire engines, and meet firefighters. Each station has one Open House per year so you can visit when we are in your neighborhood.
Win a Fire Engine Visit for Your School
If you are a teacher, caregiver, or facilitator at a preschool or child-care center and you utilize one of the fire safety lesson plans, you school can be entered into a drawing to win a visit from your local fire crew.
To enter, complete the entry form. You will be asked to provide your school's name and address, contact information, the name of the lesson you completed, and a photo from the lesson or a student product from the lesson. Please only submit photos that follow your school's photo release policy as these may be used for fire department publications. You may complete an entry form for each fire safety lesson completed.
Entries will be collected from September 1st, 2026 - April 2nd, 2027. The prize winners will be notified no later than April 30th, 2027, and visits will be scheduled in May and June depending on availability. Each facility may only win one visit per year. If prize winners do not respond or are unable to schedule for any reason, another winner will be drawn.
Fire engine visits last 30 minutes. Fire crews remain in service during this time and may not be able to respond or may be called away for an emergency. In these cases, we will reschedule for another time.
Lesson Plans
No Dragons for Tea
No Dragons for Tea utilizes an age-appropriate storybook to address key fire safety lessons in a non-threatening, empowering and relatable manner. At the end of this class students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of 9-1-1 and when to call, recognize the sound of a smoke alarm and express familiarity with basic fire safety behaviors.
Firefighters Are Community Helpers
Fear is a powerful emotion that can take over in an emergency. Young children may not understand that the person in heavy bunker gear is a firefighter who can keep them safe. They may hide from the crews who are searching a burning building for them. Knowing when and how to exit a building and dispelling any fear of firefighters through exposure can save their lives.
Hot or Not Hot
In the Hot or Not Hot lesson students will learn how to stay safe by keeping their hands away from things that are hot or might become hot. They will explore everyday objects, practice identifying what is safe to touch and talk about how heat can hurt. By learning simple rules and paying close attention, children can make smart choices that keep them safe at home and school.
Two Ways Out
It is important for children to know how to evacuate in case of an emergency. In this lesson students will talk about how to get outside quickly and safely using doors, what to do if a door is blocked and how to help firefighters find them if they are inside a fire. By learning simple escape rules kids gain confidence in staying safe at home.
Lesson Plan Feedback
Have an idea to make a lesson plan better? Did something work well for your classroom that you would like to share with others? Catch a typo or mistake that needs correcting? Please complete the lesson plan feedback form so that we can make all students' learning experience the best it can be.