BIC play safe! be safe!®
Children playing with fire cause hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries each year. In 1992 Fireproof Children Company began working with BIC Corporation and other child development specialists to create the award-winning play safe! be safe!® classroom kit. Since 1994, almost 100,000 play safe! be safe! kits have been distributed to classrooms, libraries, fire departments and hospitals in more than 40 countries.

BIC also selected Fireproof Children to present play safe! be safe! training workshops. The company has presented more than 100 workshops in 50 states and 7 Canadian provinces.

Endorsed by the New York State Professional Firefighters Association and winner of the Director’s Choice Award for Best Curriculum for Early Childhood News, the play safe! be safe! workshop is presented by Dr. Robert Cole, an expert in children's unintentional injuries, president of Fireproof Children/Prevention First, and an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester.

Workshop participants receive:

• 3 hours of training, eligible for CEU credits.
• A play safe! be safe! multi-media classroom kit available in English, Spanish and French, including DVD, activity boards, Keep Away!/Aléjate card game, and teacher's manual (To sample the play safe! be safe! lessons and activities, visit www.playsafebesafe.com or www.ninossegurosninoscontentos.com for the Spanish version, or www.jsuisprudentjsuiscontent.com for the French version)
• Strategies to involve parents in home fire safety, and how to work with local community fire service to promote fire education and prevention.

Workshop participants learn:

• How vulnerable preschool children are to fire and burn injuries.
• The surprising frequency of children's misuse of fire and their disorted perception and limited capacity to understand the potential danger of fire. Effective developmentally appropriate methods of teaching fire prevention to preschool children
• How to motivate children and failies to change behaviors using the principles of the Helath Belief Model of Behavior Change.

The workshop can be presented in one of four workshop formats to suit your training needs:

• The play safe! be safe! Ambassador program, a train the trainer workshop for program managers and training directors.
• A large community program for teachers, day care providers, fire safety educators, and other health, safety and education professionals.
• A combination community and train the trainer workshop.
• A state-wide or regional video conerence.

Each year BIC Corporation provides grants to present 8 free play safe! be safe! workshops in the U.S. and Canada. Priority is given to communities which can demonstrate commitment to fire safety education and are able to provide a 'host' that helps with coordination and audience recruitment. For more information, visit http://workshops.playsafebesafe.com

If you are interested in ordering a play safe! be safe! kit please click here

“play safe! be safe! is great for implementation of fire safety education.” Tri-Community Fire Department, Columbia, MS

“…funding for public education is difficult to obtain. BIC has truly performed a service in developing such a quality program, then sharing the program at no cost.” William Hewitt, President, Alabama Fire Chiefs Association, Mobile, AL

“Simple, clear approach – easy for young children to understand. Lots of great teaching tips. The video is entertaining as well as instructional.” M. Iloa, Honolulu, HI

Please contact Dr. Robert Cole or (585) 383-6501 if you would like additional information.

See our Calendar for details of upcoming play safe! be safe! workshops in the U.S. and Canada.

Other training programs offered by Fireproof Children/Prevention First

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