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NASFM Youth Fire Prevention Workshops:
Opening the Window

If you’re breathing the same air you were 5 years ago, open a window.
--Youth Fire Prevention workshop participant

Fireproof Children developed the Youth Fire Prevention workshops for the National Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education Foundation, funded through a FEMA grant. Since January 2010, we’ve delivered these workshops in the ten FEMA regions. This is the first in a series of articles sharing lessons learned.

From beginning to end, the format of the Youth Fire Prevention workshops supported the goal of building networks, identifying solutions and taking action.

1. Networking began before each workshop. Recruitment in each state reached out to all disciplines that make up local coalitions. We sought out participation from not only fire marshals, educators and investigators, but social workers, probation officers, juvenile justice coordinators, and mental health professionals.

One reason for recruiting people from many disciplines was to integrate prevention and intervention. After all, both prevent fires—first fires or subsequent fires. Preventing the first fire has a substantially greater impact on reducing child fires than does a predominant focus on intervention after a fire.

Another reason was that, rather than just talking about the need to share data and resources, we started the process right there in the room. Participants worked together in this workshop—just like they need to do in their communities and regions. Networks formed right there during the workshop, taking advantage of the opportunity and momentum. Sometimes it was hard to get them to come back from their small group work to rejoin the full workshop!

2. Everyone did their own thinking first. Read more.

 

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August 2008 Fireproof Children Participates in Home Fire Drill Initiative
April 2008 Fire is Not Child's Play (Fire Chief Magazine Interview)
March 2008 Fireproof Children Joins Vision 2020
June 2007 Having a Smoke Alarm Isn't Enough
March 2007 Wanted: Your Help Preventing Home Fire Deaths
December 2006 Kids Can Be Key to Family Fire Safety
August 2005 Delivering Safety
February 2005 Are You Prepared?
December 2004 Holiday Candles Are Tools to Use With Care
November 2004 Seniors and Fire
October 2004 Fire Prevention Week 2004 - Test Your Smoke Alarms
August 2004 Prevention First Preschool Found Highly Effective
July 2004 Fire Safe Cigarettes
May 2004 Is Your Smoke Detector Working?
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October 2003

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December 2003

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