For fire departments

Why use it

• It's free. No account, no order form and no minimum. Print as many copies as your event needs.
• It becomes yours. There are no real department names, patches or logos in it. Write your department's name, date, time and address in the blanks.
• The facts are checked. Every safety tip follows published guidance from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Fire Administration, and the fire words are right: engine or ladder truck, turnout gear, and an air pack that holds air, not oxygen. See how we check the facts.
• It's made for young kids. The Safety Day kit is built for ages 4 to 10, the activity packs and picture bingo start at age 3, and the games and stories work for kids who can't read yet.
• It works with what you already use. Hand it out alongside your Fire Prevention Week materials, or use it on its own any time of year.

The Safety Day kit

Kids move through eight short stations, get a stamp at each one on their Polka Dot Passport, say the Safety Promise together and go home with a certificate. It runs about 30 to 40 minutes for a group of 8 to 10 kids, ages 4 to 10, with one firefighter or volunteer per station.

1. Gear Up!
2. Hose Drag
3. Knock It Down
4. Crawl Low
5. Stop, Drop, and Roll
6. Call 9-1-1
7. Firefighters Are Friends
8. Beep Test

• Organizer guideSet-up and run-it notes for every station, a supply checklist and safety notesPDF · 778 KB
• Accessible text version of the organizer guideThe same guide as a web page, plus the words of the station signs and the Safety PromiseWeb page
• Station signsOne big sign for each of the eight stationsPDF · 3.0 MB
• Polka Dot PassportA stamp box for every station, 2 per pagePDF · 395 KB
• Polka Dot Safety Promise posterFor the finish linePDF · 600 KB
• Fire Safety Star certificateWith a blank for each child's namePDF · 317 KB
• Name tags8 per pagePDF · 167 KB
• Junior Firefighter badges9 per pagePDF · 66 KB

Flyers with blanks to fill in

• Polka Dot Firehouse Safety DayInvite families to your eventPDF · 972 KB
• Fire Station Open HouseDate, time, address and phone blanksPDF · 540 KB
• Fire Prevention WeekPDF · 612 KB
• Story Time with FirefightersFor libraries and schoolsPDF · 538 KB
• Is Your Smoke Alarm Working?For a smoke alarm check dayPDF · 632 KB
• Accessible text version of the flyersEvery flyer's words, its picture described and its blanks listed, starting with Is Your Smoke Alarm Working?Web page

Door hangers, handouts and bingo

• Fire safety bookmarksFour tips to cut out and hand out: stop, drop, and roll; get out and stay out; test your smoke alarm; firefighters are friends. 4 per pagePDF · 418 KB
• Smoke alarm door hangers“We stopped by!” with boxes to tick: tested, new battery, new alarm. 2 per pagePDF · 163 KB
• Accessible text version of the door hangerIts words, its tick boxes and its picture describedWeb page
• My Address cardsFor kids still learning their address, 8 per pagePDF · 22 KB
• Fire Safety Picture Bingo30 cards plus calling cards, great for a crowdPDF · 203 KB
• Paper helmet craft, to colorKids color it, cut it out and wear itPDF · 21 KB
• Paper helmet craft, in colorReady to cut out and wearPDF · 21 KB

The Color & Print page has every coloring page, activity pack and the nine safety posters, and they're just as free to hand out.

Games and videos for a tablet station

Set a tablet, laptop or classroom board at a station. The games run in a web browser, with nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. Nothing is timed, and each game can be played with touch, a mouse or a keyboard.

• Engine or Truck?Sort each rig into the engine bay or the ladder truck bayGame
• Gear Up, Pepper!Help Freddy into his turnout gear, one piece at a timeGame
• Find the ChirpFind what is chirping at Grandpa's house, then learn chirp from beepGame
• Get Low and GoCrawl Frieda under the smoke in a practice drill, out to the meeting placeGame
• Two read-aloud storiesPepper and the Chirp, and F Is for Firefighter, with captions and described transcriptsVideos

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