Fire Prevention Week
2023 Campaign
Teach children how to be safe in and around the kitchen. This fun video gives easy tips for the whole family.
This year’s Fire Prevention Week™ (FPW™) campaign, “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention™,” works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe when cooking.
Use some of of these resources to get you started!
Cooking Safety Tip Sheet - Spanish
Electrical Cooking Appliance Safety Tip Sheet
Cooking Safety
On this site, you’ll find loads of educational resources, from lesson plans and videos to printables and ready-to-go press releases and social media cards. We want to make sure you have the resources you need to educate your community about safe cooking.
Did you know? Cooking fires are the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking fires and deaths.
What can you do? The good news is you can prevent most cooking fires and burns. Help keep your family safer with some simple but effective tips.
Importance of Fire Prevention
In a fire, mere seconds can mean the difference between a safe escape and a tragedy. Fire safety education isn’t just for school children. Teenagers, adults, and the elderly are also at risk in fires, making it important for every member of the community to take some time every October during Fire Prevention Week to make sure they understand how to stay safe in case of a fire.
For more information on National Fire Prevention Week visit the NFPA website.
About Fire Prevention Week
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK is sponsored by the NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Firefighters provide lifesaving public education in an effort to drastically decrease casualties caused by fires.
Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage. This horrific conflagration killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures, and burned more than 2,000 acres of land.
https://www.nfpa.org/public-education
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