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2017 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />31 | Page <br /> <br />In first grade, we spent time discussing smoke alarms, dialing 911 and put on our fire gear for <br />them to see. This educational session teaches the 1st graders where smoke alarms are located in <br />their home, why they are important and what to do if their fire alarm goes off. We created a <br />scenario with a fake phone and 911 operator and had the students call 911, the operator then <br />went through questions that a 911 dispatcher may ask. <br />We took things a step further with the Second <br />graders, we created a home escape plan. We <br />visited classrooms and set-up a board with an <br />overview of a home. A few students <br />volunteered to show the 2 ways out of the <br />bedroom from the home and where their <br />meeting place would be on the white board. <br />They were sent home with the paperwork and <br />supplies to do the same project with their <br />family. This allowed the conversation of fire <br />safety to trickle back into the home where <br />parents and sibling could participate. We came <br />back a week later with “approval” stamps to mark the students work and congratulate them on <br />their completed plans. <br /> <br />The Safe Escape house was the Third graders learning experience. They took what they learned <br />the year before, creating safe escape plans and put them into action. We brought the safe escape <br />house to the schools. Each group of students got to travel room to room to discuss the home <br />hazards and how to prevent fires from happening. In the final room, a bedroom, they got to <br />practice what they would do if there was a fire in their home. We used theatrical smoke and set <br />off a smoke alarm and students had to safely exit the home and get to their “meeting spot” and <br />verify everyone was out safely.