New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Coloring Page

Brand new Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog coloring page from our good friends at the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation. Enjoy!

Click on the picture of the coloring page to download and print your coloring page.

Free Downloadable Fire Safety Activity Sheet from the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation

Click on the picture below to download a free Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Stick Puppet for your fire safety program, compliments of the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation.

Scholarship Opportunities for Fire and Life Safety Educators from NFPA

The National Fire Protection Association's Public Education Division recently announced the opening of 2010 WSCE Fire and Life Safety Scholarship and other updates. This is a wonderful opportunity to apply for potential fire safety training for your educator, funding for a fire and life safety program as well as to seek recognition for the hard work of your department's fire safety educator.

Learn more by visiting my Playing it Safe Blog on firehouse.com (just click on the picture above).

NFPA Announces Scholarship and Award Information

The NFPA Public Education Division announced the opening of their scholarships to their annual conference, the Rolf H Jensen Memorial Public Education Grant and Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year. You may find more information HERE. Most everything is due early February so you want to act fast on these. This is a wonderful opportunity for firefighters and fire departments to apply for funding and training for their fire safety programming.

A Visit with Fire and Life Safety Educator Jeni Pierce from the Lake Mary Fire Department (FL)

While on a recent trip to reveiw fire grants, I had
the good fortune of meeting Fire Inspector Jeni Pierce, the Fire and Life Safety Educator from the Lake Mary (Florida) Fire Department. Jeni's love for fire safety education, her passion for helping keep those safe in her community and her unique way in sharing the safety message, truly make Jeni an outstanding educator. What really impressed me about Jeni was the number of funding resources that she was able to obtain for her department's program. You will find some of her creative ideas for funding in a recent blog post on my Playing it Safe Blog at Firehouse.com. Learn more about Jeni and her passion for fire safety.

New Fire Safety Hidden Picture Puzzle by Artist Liz Ball

The Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of a new fire safety hidden puzzle picture by artist Liz Ball! Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and Firefighter Dayna Hilton enjoyed working on the project with Liz with the goal of helping spread the fire safety message in a unique way among children and their caregivers.

Liz is the author/illustrator of the popular Hidden Treasures hidden picture puzzle books. More than 3000 of her hidden pictures are published in over 100 newspapers, magazines and publications throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Click on the picture below to go to the page!

Fire Evacuation Video by Michael, 4

This video was sent to me by Greg from Everyday EMS Tips.

Greg shared with me that over the weekend he and his son, Michael, 4, picked up the free book, "The Great Safety Adventure Home Safety Fun Book" by the Home Safety Council at Lowes.
Michael was paging through the book doing the coloring activities and asked his mom about the activity "Fire Escape Plan Worksheet." They read the instructions and did the activity together last night. Michael was very proud to show his plan to his when he was done.

Greg is a paramedic and his wife is an ER nurse so they find it only natural for to talk to their children about fire safety and prevention.

Michael says, "To learn more about safety and injury prevention visit my Dad's website http://everydayemstips.com"