Comments on: Family fire drill http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/ Every Day Ideas for You and Your Kids Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:45:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eren http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Eren Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:03:08 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/#comment-413 Thanks for all of the fire safety info. and reminders and like Alison's son, my 4 year olds have been so inspired by the local fire fighters, they have been dressing up like them for about 3 months now. Everytime I fry tortillas on the stove and it gets a little steamy, the smoke alarm goes off and we have to have a fire drill and we all go outside. I guess it is good practice! Thanks for all of the fire safety info. and reminders and like Alison’s son, my 4 year olds have been so inspired by the local fire fighters, they have been dressing up like them for about 3 months now. Everytime I fry tortillas on the stove and it gets a little steamy, the smoke alarm goes off and we have to have a fire drill and we all go outside. I guess it is good practice!

]]> By: Shiela http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Shiela Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:07:35 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/#comment-412 We went to the firehouse for a preschool field trip. The fire fighters put on their gear and crawled on the floor...it was good for the children to see them crawling around because it is what the children would see if they woke up in the middle of the night and a fire fighter was in their room. It was scary for the kids...all that gear and the noise of the oxygen...but now they have seen it and may not be so scared if it should happen for real. We went to the firehouse for a preschool field trip. The fire fighters put on their gear and crawled on the floor…it was good for the children to see them crawling around because it is what the children would see if they woke up in the middle of the night and a fire fighter was in their room. It was scary for the kids…all that gear and the noise of the oxygen…but now they have seen it and may not be so scared if it should happen for real.

]]> By: Alison http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Alison Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:39:50 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/#comment-401 If your child is in preschool or day care, suggest to the manager that they get the fire department in to talk to the children - they've just done this at Max's day care, and spent about a month playing firement, talking about and themeing their days with it. And firemen all dressed up are mighty impressive to a 3 year old! Also, our local fire station has children's days where they can talk to the firemen, climb on the truck, and the firemen have great little bags of information in child friendly format for the children to take home. It pays off - Max knows what number to call in an emergency, how to behave if there's fire, and doesn't feel threatened by firemen. If your child is in preschool or day care, suggest to the manager that they get the fire department in to talk to the children – they’ve just done this at Max’s day care, and spent about a month playing firement, talking about and themeing their days with it. And firemen all dressed up are mighty impressive to a 3 year old! Also, our local fire station has children’s days where they can talk to the firemen, climb on the truck, and the firemen have great little bags of information in child friendly format for the children to take home.
It pays off – Max knows what number to call in an emergency, how to behave if there’s fire, and doesn’t feel threatened by firemen.

]]> By: rebecca http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-399 rebecca Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:15:12 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/#comment-399 wonderful advice! we have these awesome escape ladders at every window on our second floor: http://www.pearlprotected.com/ carbon monoxide detectors are also a must wonderful advice!
we have these awesome escape ladders at every window on our second floor:
http://www.pearlprotected.com/

carbon monoxide detectors are also a must

]]> By: Anastasia http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Anastasia Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:17:46 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2006/06/14/family-fire-drill/#comment-398 an excellent post!! Last month the firemen and firetruck paid a visit to my son's preschool and handed out lots of information with cute illustrations. we have a home escape plan made up - very important! an excellent post!!
Last month the firemen and firetruck paid a visit to my son’s preschool and handed out lots of information with cute illustrations.
we have a home escape plan made up – very important!

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