Fires Lesson Plans

Young scholars use their senses to stay safe in a fire emergency. In this fire safety instructional activity, students discuss how seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling can help you if there was a fire. They complete an attached worksheet about fire safety.

What is an actual emergency situation and what should you do to prepare for it? Learners will identify a variety of emergency situations and the appropriate way to address first aid concerns to minimize injuries. They will also discover the planning and preparedness strategies for dealing with emergencies through resources and practice.

Young scholars explain appropriate procedures for responding to personal, school and community emergencies and demonstrate basic first aid skills.

Students examine how all levels of government react to chemical emergencies. They identify activities which could lead to an emergency. They discuss how they respond to contaminants released into the air.

Students recall the procedure of Get Down Low and Go, Go, Go as well as Tell, Go, Get out, Stay out. They discuss what can catch on fire and burn. Students recall and practice the fire safety procedure of Stop, Drop, Cover and Roll.

Students navigate the Internet to view sites on fire safety.  In this fire safety lesson, students answer questions, complete worksheets and make a poster demonstrating their ability to react safely in a fire.

Students learn what to do to in case of an emergency. In this fire safety lesson plan, students read books about firemen, discuss what a fireman does and complete a fire safety poem. They practice the fire escape route at school, discuss stop, drop and roll and play fire tag. Students are also introduced to 911 and the importance of smoke alarms in the home.

Fourth graders investigate fire safety. In this safety lesson, 4th graders read fire safety tips from a suggested website and develop an escape plan in case of a fire. Students print emergency phone numbers.

Students create a fire safety rules poster. In this fire safety lesson, students inspect their classroom and discuss the best way to exit in case of a fire. Students then make a poster stating the rules and exit plan.

Students investigate fire safety. For this safety lesson, students identify the fire exits in the school building and draw a floor plan of their house to create an emergency escape route.