Although your preschooler is young, they can certainly understand what it means to keep your home safe from fire. It's important to talk to your children without scaring them and teaching them about fire safety and what they should do in case of fire.
The National Fire Protection Association offers these safety tips for kids to help prevent fire in the home:
Safety in the Kitchen- Remind grown-ups to stay in the kitchen when cooking
- Keep things that can burn (potholders, towels, and paper) away from the stove.
- Stay three feet away from the stove when a grown-up is cooking.
- Make sure grown-ups check electrical cords to make sure they are not damaged.
- Remind grown-ups to keep space heaters three feet from anything that can burn.
- Grown-ups should always turn off space heaters every time they leave the room and before going to bed.
- Remind grown-ups never to use an oven to heat your home.
- Tell a grown-up if you find matches or lighters
- Grown-ups should keep matches and lighters in a locked cabinet.
- Remind grown-ups to put out lit candles when they leave a room.
- Stay 3 feet away from burning candles.
- Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside each bedroom and outside each sleeping area.
- Test smoke alarms once a month.
- Replace smoke alarms every 10 years.
- Make a home fire escape plan with your family.
- Find two ways out of every room and an outside meeting place.
- Know the emergency number for your fire department.
- Practice your escape plan twice a year.
- When the smoke alarm sounds, get out and stay out!
