Learn Not To Burn

Protecting our children from the dangers of fire is not a one-time effort. It's an on-going lesson requiring reinforcement from home, school and community initiatives. All of us including business, need to get involved. The Learn Not To Burn® program was designed to educate the public, especially our children, on how to protect themselves from fire.

The Learn Not To Burn® program was created in 1979 by the National Fire Protection Association. The curriculum has been used successfully in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. The Learn Not To Burn® curriculum is a proven lifesaver. In places where it has already been adopted, the lessons remembered by youngsters saved hundreds of lives.

This program was originally conducted by the Fire Department in the local school district. It was taught in the fifth grade classes at each school. In recent years we have implemented a newer version of the program that is taught by the teachers in the Kindergarten through third grade classes within the school district. The fire safety information and curriculum is incorporated into the basic educational curriculum for the particular grade level.

The Learn Not To Burn® program teaches 22 fire and burn prevention behaviors to elementary school children, and 8 behaviors to pre-school children.  The following lists 8 Fire Safety behaviors recommended by the National Fire Protection Association for teaching preschool children, and 22 behaviors for elementary school children.

Key Fire Safety Behaviors for Preschool Children

Key Fire Safety Behaviors for Elementary Children

To schedule a Learn Not to Burn class at your school, call (337) 436-7417.

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