USING THE FIRE SAFETY GAME
TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE

Safety Card Games
that Fire Departments can use
to Teach & Build Community Good Will

LICENSES LET YOU PRINT THEM UP INEXPENSIVELY

Inexpensive license allows you to print and distribute as many of the games as you want – for as long as you want !

$75 for the first 75,000 population of the area you serve + $1 for each additional 1,000 population in your service area

(examples: 98,000 population = $98 license fee & 8,000 population = $75 license fee)

CLICK ON CARD GAME YOU WANT TO EXAMINE

The License Your Fire Department Can Purchase for a Dollar per Thousand Population Served
($75 minimum — $500 maximum)

A license is good for an indefinite period. Use it for years!

The printing cost per game is minimal. Each game only requires one cover-stock sheet of paper. With your license we give you everything you need to get the games printed and cut into decks. Once you order your printing, you can purchase the small plastic bags from a local office supply store, a distributor, or from us. During down time your personnel can package the decks into the bags. Or volunteers would be glad to do this for you.Why not get started right away?

Purchase the inexpensive license and print up some games for fire department personnel to give to kids in classroom presentations or when you show them your fire engines and/or station.

Reasons to hand out Fire Safety Games

Our fire department sources tell us that kids often only remember a little of what you teach them in their classrooms or at your facilities. We have even heard of kids stopping, dropping and rolling on their front lawn when their house is on fire, but they or their clothes are not on fire. The Fire Safety Game requires kids to concentrate on the lessons over and over again. This way they learn more than just the STOP – DROP – and ROLL routine. They learn well nine critical lessons. Repetition is the key. When you teach, you start a process. Unfortunately, people do not remember everything they hear. The Fire Safety Game will reinforce a lot of what you tell kids. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that you did all you could to help them be safe if they are ever caught in a fire. And think of the community goodwill you will receive for giving something that is so useful.

Okay to make a change or two in the 9 lessons to better fit your needs.

Although the nine statements we use in The Fire Safety Game came from a few fire department web sites, you may need to alter some of them because of your community's needs. We can do that. Just include the desired changes with your payment.

If you need financial help for this project, a business sponsor can help.

We have done everything to keep this Fire Safety Game inexpensive so that you can afford to use it in your program. If your department is strapped, many local businesses would be happy to pay for this project, especially those that sell smoke detectors. And, we can put the business name on the game card backs, if you request.

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WHAT THE GAMES TEACH

The Fire Safety Game

The FIRE SAFETY Game teaches:

1> If your clothes catch on fire, Stop — Drop — Cover — Roll. Cover yourself with something quick, if available, and roll. Do not run!
2> Always stay below smoke by bending down or crawling to get out. Air below the smoke is cleaner and has more oxygen.
3> Know at least two ways out of every room in your home, especially your bedroom. Be able to do it in the dark. Practice with your eyes closed.
4> Practice at least twice a year your family's fire escape plan from each room in your home. Do it again with your eyes closed.
5> To be safe, your home must have smoke detectors. It is smoke that almost always kills people in fires.
6> Report a fire right away by calling 911. Stay calm and say, "I want to report a fire." Then give your address and phone number. Follow instructions.
7> If you can't get out through your bedroom door or window, signal through your window with a flashlight or a bright, light-colored cloth or piece of clothing or a piece of white paper.
8> If smoke is coming into your room and you cannot crawl out of your home through your door or leave through a window, close the door and stuff clothes under and around the door to block smoke from coming in.
9> If your home is on fire, get out as fast as you can and do not stop to rescue possessions or pets. Get out and call 911 immediately.

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The Thunder & Lightning Safety Game

The THUNDER AND LIGHTNING Game teaches:

1> As soon as you hear thunder, go to safe shelter in a sturdy building or hard-topped car with the windows up.

2> Safe shelter during a thunderstorm IS NOT near or under isolated or tall trees or objects, in sheds, anywhere near bodies of water, or under picnic shelters.

3> If you are outdoors when a thunderstorm comes, and really safe shelter is not available, find a low spot away from trees, fences and telephone and light poles. Stay off of bicycles and motorcycles.

4> Usually lightning seeks the shortest route between cloud and something tall on the ground.

5> If you are outside during a lightning and thunder storm, GET OFF athletic fields and away from fences and backstops. DO NOT be using metal objects like golf clubs or fishing poles.

6> If you are in the woods during thunder and lightning, take shelter under the shorter trees. All thunderstorms produce lightning. Be careful – lightning kills many people.

7> Get out of boats and away from water when a thunderstorm is still far away. Don't wait until it is near you. Get away from all open water.

8> Avoid being one of the tallest things around. When out in the open, move to lower ground, but not into creek beds or storm drains that could flood. Squat down and cover your neck with your hands. Only let your feet touch the ground.

9> When lightning strikes a building, it frequently travels through electrical systems, plumbing and chimneys. So avoid using a corded phone or taking a bath or shower. Avoid metal pipes, radiators, open windows and fireplaces.

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The House Safety Game

The HOUSE SAFETY Game teaches:

1> If you come home to an empty house or apartment and things look wrong, the door unlocked or something messed up, don't go in. Go to a neighbor's house and have them go into your home with you or call the police.

2> Falling puts a lot of people in hospital emergency rooms. So, look for things that could cause tripping and falling, things like toys or litter on the floor, a crumpled door mat, open high places, loose boards, chairs by open windows, etc.

3> Scalding yourself or burning yourself is serious. So be very careful around hot things, especially stoves and hot water or food. Especially watch out for little kids around such things.

4> Don't use anything electrical if the cord is damaged or if it is sending out sparks.

5> Don't get up on unsteady things to reach something high up. And don't use or touch equipment you do not understand or do not have your parents' permission to use.

6> Many things in your home are poisonous if you or anyone else swallows them. Never eat or drink cleaning products, make-up, medicines, or anything else that is not approved by your parents.

7> Make sure these phone numbers are somewhere you can see if you need them: 911 for police, fire and ambulance and a Poison Center phone number.

8> Don't overload electrical circuits. Only plug a few things in the wall socket.

9> If there are guns in your home, never, ever touch them. If you see a gun anywhere, stop, stay away from it, leave the area, and tell an adult about it.

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The Tornado Safety Game

The TORNADO SAFETY Game teaches:

1> A Tornado Watch means that tornadoes are possible in the watch area. Get things ready to take to your tornado shelter.

2> A Tornado Warning means that a tornado has been seen in your area. TAKE SHELTER RIGHT AWAY.Stay there until all danger has passed.

3> Never go outside to see a tornado. It could cost you your life.

4> The best tornado shelter is underground, like a basement or cellar. Otherwise, go to a room without windows on the lowest floor of the building.

5> If you go to a basement for safety, go to the center of the room and get under something heavy like a sturdy table or a stairwell to be safe from falling things.

6> During a tornado, the most important things to stay away from are windows, doors and outside walls. Go into a closet or bathroom or hallway without windows on the lowest floor.

7> To protect yourself from flying things during a tornado, get under something heavy. Cover yourself with blankets and pillows or even a mattress.

8> If you live in a mobile home, GET OUT! Go to the mobile home park tornado shelter. If you are in a car, GET OUT and go to a shelter immediately.

9> If there is no shelter to go into, get away from things the wind will pick up (like cars). Lie flat in a ditch that will not flood. Cover your head and neck.

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The Flood Safety Game

The FLOOD SAFETY Game teaches:

1> In the United States, floods usually kill more people than any other weather catastrophe. So, be very careful when water is rising in streams or anywhere, and when it has been raining for a very long time or a thunderstorm dumps a lot of water.

2> In bad weather or when a storm could be happening in your area, avoid places that have flooded before or could flood. Stay away from rivers, dry creek beds, and drainage channels.

3> Don't try to cross any area where water is rising. Move to higher ground right away. But during a storm, don't go to the top where you might be in danger of lightning.

4> Because of the danger of flash floods, don't play around high water, storm drains, viaducts or arroyos. It is not wise to camp near streams, creeks and even dry creek beds when and where thunderstorms occur.

5> The basic rule for safety in flooding conditions is HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND AND STAY FAR AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS.

6> Flash flooding in rivers, storm drains, dips in roads, dry creek beds can happen really FAST. It may take less than one minute.

7> Most deaths during floods are car-related. When you are in a car, the driver MUST NOT drive through flooded roads. Water can rise really fast and often needs to rise only 2 feet to carry off most autos.

8> To be safe from floods, watch carefully for water that is rising. Move to higher ground. If water is rising fast, MOVE NOW!

9> You cannot know when parts of the road have been washed away. So, during a flood NEVER walk through flowing water above your ankles. Stop and go back. You could fall into a hidden hole under the water and be carried away.

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The Hurricane Safety Game

The HURRICANE SAFETY Game teaches:

1> For safety in hurricanes, you have to depend a lot on your parents or guardians. So make sure that they take hurricanes seriously and prepare ahead of time. And they need to listen to radio or television news stations.

2> The greatest danger and the cause of most deaths (which are by drowning) during a hurricane is from the storm surge. The storm surge is a wall of water that comes crashing in on land and washes away things in its path.

3> Next to the storm surge, also very dangerous during hurricanes are floods and flash floods caused by very heavy rains. Also dangerous are flying and falling objects as a result of very high winds. There can also be tornados.

4> During a hurricane, if you are at home, go to the first floor, close every door, get into an interior room or closet without windows and lie on the floor. Get under a heavy piece of furniture if you can.

5> Only stay in your home if your house is really sturdy and on high ground and you are not advised to evacuate. Do not stay if you live in a mobile home or near water (stream or ocean) or in a flood plain.

6> If you must wait out a hurricane, and if you do not have an interior room you can get in and close off, go to the far side opposite the direction the wind is coming, get away from windows and lie down under heavy furniture.

7> In the middle of the hurricane is "the eye". When the eye comes, it will get real calm, maybe even sunny. But, NEVER go outdoors! The eye will pass quickly, followed by very dangerous winds from the opposite direction.

8> During a hurricane, unlike in a tornado, because of the danger of flooding, move your valuable things to upper floors where they won't get so wet or float away. Then evacuate if told to do so.

9> After a hurricane, be very careful of the dangers. Watch for downed power lines (especially touching water), weakened tree limbs, poisonous snakes, and spoiled food.

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