This year’s FPW campaign, “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere,” works to educate people about three basic but essential steps to take to reduce the likelihood of having a fire––and how to escape safely in the event of one:

LOOK
Look for places fire could start. Take a good look around your home. Identify potential fire hazards and take care of them.

LISTEN
Listen for the sound of the smoke alarm. You could have only minutes to escape safely once the smoke alarm sounds. Go to your outside meeting place, which should be a safe distance from the home and where everyone should know to meet.

LEARN
Learn two ways out of every room and make sure all doors and windows leading outside open easily and are free of clutter.

Also, Sparky the Fire Dog® has a new friend, Simon, who is helping teach this year’s FPW messages – He’s a smart, resourceful character who will join Sparky in spreading fire-safety messages to adults and children alike.

This course will provide fire service personnel with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and caregivers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

This course will provide fire service personnel with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and caregivers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

Why focus on smoke alarms three years in a row? Because NFPA’s survey data shows that the public has many misconceptions about smoke alarms, which may put them at increased risk in the event of a home fire. For example, only a small percentage of people know how old their smoke alarms are, or how often they need to be replaced. Read more from NFPA Journal.

As a result of those and related findings, we’re addressing smoke alarm replacement this year with a focus on these key messages:

• Smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years.
• Make sure you know how old all the smoke alarms are in your home.
• To find out how old a smoke alarm is, look at the date of manufacture on the back of the alarm; the alarm should be replaced 10 years from that date.

Get the answers to some frequently asked questions about replacing your smoke alarms.

This course will provide fire service personnel with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and caregivers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th:   OCEAN COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17th:  * KEAN UNIVERSITY – MSC 315
* Please read the Kean University directions page 66 for parking and building location information.

For More Information and to Register Go To:  www.keanfiresafety.com

Instructors:
Andrew Stratton, Captain, Cranford Fire Department
Helge Nordtveit, Captain (ret.), Cranford Fire Department
Joseph Ehrhardt, Firefighter, Nottingham Fire Company

This course will provide fire service personnel with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and care givers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

Thursday, April 9, 2015
Somerset Country Fire Academy
402 Roycefield Road
Hillsborough, NJ 08844

Friday, April 17, 2015
Atlantic County Fire Academy
5033 English Creek Avenue
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234

For more information visit:

http://www.keanfiresafety.com/

http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dfs/

Instructors:
Andrew Stratton, Lieutenant, Cranford Fire Department
Helge Nordtveit, Captain (ret.), Cranford Fire Department
Joseph Ehrhardt, Firefighter, Nottingham Fire Company

This course will provide fire service personnel with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and care givers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

Friday, April 4, 2014
Burlington County Emergency Services Training Center
53 Academy Dr
Westampton (Mt Holly), NJ 08060

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Cumberland County Fire Training Center
601 Vineland Ave
Bridgeton, NJ 08302

Thursday, April 24, 2014
Morris County Firefighter and Police Training Academy
500 West Hanover Ave
Parsippany, NJ 07950

For more information visit:

http://www.keanfiresafety.com/

http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dfs/

The “Fire Is”  fire safety and survival program is like no other in the United States. Implementation is truly simple, the program is free, and most importantly, it targets not only a seldom-fire-safety-educated target audience (middle school-aged children) but their parents and caregivers as well.

Imagine, your 12-year-old comes home from school with an assignment to log on to www.njfiresafety.com and view five 15-minute fire safety and survival educational videos over a predetermined time-line (typically 1 per month for five months) with their parents/caregivers.

At the conclusion of the lessons, the parents sign off that they all viewed it and the child receives a grade in Science, Health, History, etc. (all are examples of implementation into the curriculum here in NJ). It is that simple.

No cost to the fire department or the school, no games or handouts, no valuable classroom time taken from the teachers, no need to train the teachers how to teach it, and everyone wins. The parents and the children are educated on the REALITY of what FIRE IS.

Unfortunately, for generations, the fire service has failed their customers in showing them these simple lessons. Fire prevention and survival lessons have seldom gone beyond Sparky the Fire Dog, and Stop, Drop, and Roll. Regrettably, this fact has made the U.S. a world leader in residential fire deaths.

Now, imagine a 2-1/2 story wood frame residence reporting a structure fire at 2 am. A responding engine company that arrives at the home of the uneducated family versus the educated one will be night and day. The company responding to the educated resident will work safer, and most important, our educated customers will be safer. All through simple education.

This program is well under way in NJ as it has been presented to over 400 municipalities. Additionally, the program is now being implemented across New England and most recently, New Hampshire adopted it statewide. Since the implementation of the site began, we have received visits to the Fire Is website from across the U.S., Canada, South America, and Germany.

The website is very user friendly and the videos stream 24/7 in both English and Spanish. There are no copyright restrictions or limitations. There is, however, only one hard-and-fast rule: The program is designed to educate 5th grade aged children and older. This program is intended to supplement the existing pre-K and grade school programs, not replace them.

The “Fire Is” initiative was conceived by Dr. Frank Field, with more than 50 years’ experience as science editor, meteorologist and reporter for the local NBC, CBS and Fox networks in New York City. He became passionate about fire prevention in 1987 when he read the alarming statistics regarding civilian fire death and injury rates in the United States.

The New Jersey  Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association (NJ FMBA) is a labor union that has represented career firefighters in the State of New Jersey for more than 110 years and knows firsthand of the importance of fire safety among children. The NJ FMBA originally brought this program to New Jersey’s communities through a grant from the NJ Office of Homeland Security but has now entered into a partnership with The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas in Livingston, which is a member of Barnabas Health. This partnership capitalizes on the existing relationship between New Jersey’s firefighters and the state’s only certified burn treatment facility. The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas and the Saint Barnabas Burn Foundation have a long history of providing burn and fire prevention education to the residents of New Jersey.

The NJ FMBA, The St. Barnabas Burn Center, and Safe Kids NJ welcome you to join us in this one-of-a-kind education initiative.

For more information about the “Fire Is” program, visit www.njfiresafety.com or contact:  Lt. Andy Stratton, NJ FMBA, “Fire Is” Coordinator, andy.stratts@comcast.net, 908-265-7670.

Andrew Stratton, Lieutenant, Cranford Fire Department
Helge Nordtveit, Captain, Cranford Fire Department
Joseph Ehrhardt, Firefighter, Nottingham Fire Company

This course will provide fire service professionals with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and care givers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

Wednesday, Oct 16, 2013
Salem County Fire Academy
135 Cemetery Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098

Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013
Hunterdon County Emergency Services Training Center
9 Petticoat Lane
Annandale, NJ 08822

Tuesday, Dec 3, 2013
Middlesex County Fire Academy
1001 Fire Academy Dr
Sayreville, NJ 08872

For more information visit:

http://www.keanfiresafety.com/

http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dfs/

Andrew Stratton, Lieutenant, Cranford Fire Department
Helge Nordtveit, Captain, Cranford Fire Department
Joseph Ehrhardt, Firefighter, Nottingham Fire Company

This course will provide fire service professionals with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and care givers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.

Thursday, October 11, 2012
Sussex County Fire Academy (At the Sussex Co. Homestead Complex in Frankford
Township)
114 Morris Turnpike (Route 655)
Newton, NJ 07860

Friday, October 19, 2012
Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy
402 Roycefield Rd
Hillsborough, NJ 08844

Friday, November 16, 2012
Atlantic County Fire Training Center
5033 English Creek Ave
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234

For more information visit:

http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dfs/

http://www.keanfiresafety.com/