Make a home fire escape plan, then thank a firefighter
Draw a map of your home with two ways out of every room and an outside meeting spot, practice it, then make a card for the fire department.
- Who
- Families, Kids
- Ages
- 4+
- Time
- About an hour
- Cost
- Free
- When
- Any time of year
- Show up
- At home together, then the card goes to the fire department.
How to do it
- Follow NFPA's escape-planning steps (link below): draw your home, mark two ways out of each room.
- Pick an outside meeting place.
- Practice it together.
- Make a thank-you card for the people who answer the call (see "Write thank-you cards for firefighters").
Grown-ups’ part
Come along, keep it short and fun, and let the kids lead the looking and asking. You handle anything that involves calling, sending or sharing.
Why it matters
Give valueGratitude for civil servants & first respondersReward good citizenship
Related
- Our visitor guide (Who to call)
- Find the date on three markers
- Draw the square: 1886 and today
- Ask a grandparent: what was on the square?
- All 150 things to do together
Sources
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Did it? Send us your photo or story. We print kids’ first names, faces or photos only with a parent’s OK.