Life safety HERO coloring book.FINAL. 8.2024.pdf
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This is an educational activity book produced by Michigan's State Fire Marshal's office designed to teach children and families about life safety and fire prevention measures. The document serves as a comprehensive guide for residential fire safety awareness, covering essential topics including proper placement and quantity of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detector installation, emergency escape planning, and family preparedness protocols. The activity book includes interactive elements such as coloring activities, planning worksheets, and checklists that prompt families to assess their current safety status, develop evacuation routes, establish meeting places, and document emergency contact information. Key instructional components include guidance on smoke alarm placement (bedrooms, outside sleeping areas, and each level of the home), carbon monoxide source identification and detector positioning, escape plan development with emphasis on multiple exit routes and door closure strategies, and monthly testing protocols scheduled for the first day of each month.
The document includes supplementary resources and references for extended learning through platforms such as ymiclassroom.com, Sparkyschoolhouse.org, and MIPrevention.org, as well as links to Michigan Medicine health resources. The activity book emphasizes critical life safety concepts including the two-minute escape window from residential fires, the dangers of toxic smoke inhalation, the importance of practicing escape plans three times annually under varying conditions, and the dangers of re-entry into burning structures. Special attention is given to vulnerable populations, including elderly family members and neighbors, with specific checklists to ensure they possess working alarms, detectors, and viable escape plans. The resource appears designed for use in classroom settings and direct family distribution, with attribution to Kevin J. Sehlmeyer and coordination with Michigan's fire safety education initiatives.
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I AMI AM
ACTIVITY BOOK
LIFELIFE
HEROHERO
SAFETYSAFETY
AA
FOR MY FAMILYFOR MY FAMILY
For early warning of a home fire, I need working smoke alarms:
In each Bedroom Outside sleeping areas On Each level of the home
# of Bedrooms ______ # of Levels/Floors ______________ # of Outside Sleeping Areas _______
TOTAL SMOKE ALARMS NEEDED: _____
How many alarms do I need?
Super Power Secret:
Replace all 9Volt alarms with 10-year sealed battery alarms
Smoke Alarms
Color which CO source you have or use
CO is colorless, odorless, and tasteless.
CO is produced from the burning of fuel sources (examples below) CO causes symptoms like dizziness, headaches, nausea, shortness of breath and flu-like symptoms
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Car running in garage
Boating
Camping
GeneratorGas Ovens
Gas Dryers Water Heater
Have Working CO Detectors On Each Level of home Outside Sleeping areas Near each CO Source Vacation
Escape Plans YOU have less than 2 minutes to escape your house The fire produces Toxic Smoke Breathing the Toxic Smoke will make you fall asleep before you escape
How long did it take my family to escape? __________________ Does my family have an escape plan? ________________________ My family practices our plan 3xs a year ____________________ One practice is in the dark at night _________________________ One practice is in winter ____________________________________ My family has 2 ways out of every room ____________________
Draw your plan
Meeting Place Don’t hide - Go Outside!
Where will you and your family meet outside?
Draw your meeting place
How many family members do you have in your home?
Pets?
COUNT EVERYONE
NEVER go back in a house fire!
Color the house on fire Color your pet or toy you have Circle what you should go back in the house to save.
Super Power Secret:
Firefighters are the ONLY people who should go back in to save your pets or toys!
Windows to Escape Did you know that in 82% of fatal fires, the victim was 10 feet from the front door!
Sometimes escaping out the front door is the worst decision because you have to walk through toxic smoke.
Consider other ways to escape and find solutions.
Draw other ways of escaping below: (ex: listed below) Escape ladders Shut bedroom doors and open the window Throw pillows and stuffed animals out of the window for Firefighters to find you on the 2nd floor.
Close Doors
Closing Doors between you and the Toxic Smoke will increase your chance of survival by reducing the toxic smoke you breathe while escaping.
Close bedroom doors when you sleep Close doors while you’re escaping a home fire Close doors anytime you open a window
Super Power Secret:
Watch this video to see a real life fire with closed doors!
Color yourbedroom door
Color your blanket on your bed
Family When we think of fire safety with family, we may forget about our loved ones who are aging in place or don’t live with us.
List all your family members and neighbors who are older than your parents.
Make sure each family member has the following and then put a check mark next to their name
Working smoke alarms Working CO Detectors Escape plan Can escape out of each room Can open windows Understand challenges that could prevent them from escaping and find solutions.
Circle what is safe Put an through what is NOT Safe Put a Star next to what you can do with your parents.
Safe or Unsafe?
Emergency Numbers Fill this out and place it on the back of your bedroom door or on the refrigerator.
Super Power Secret:
ONLY call 911 in an Emergecny!
My Name: ______________________________ My Address: ___________________________ My Phone number: ____________________ My Neighbors: _________________________ My grandparents: _____________________
My mother:
My father:
Fire Department:
Police Department:
My Pediatrician:
Test Your Alarms On the 1st of every month, test your Smoke
Alarms and CO Detectors!
Put it on the family calendar, or set an alarm in your phone.
List the rooms where alarms are installed
Super Power Secret:
Call your grandparents to remind them to test their alarms.
Kevin J. Sehlmeyer
Thank you for completing our activity book!
We hope you enjoyed the story Michigan’s State Fire
Marshal read to your class today!
Below are additional fire safety resources to visit for more information:
ymiclassroom.com/lesson-plans/sound-off/1.
ymiclassroom.com/lesson-plans/sound-off-app/2.
michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/six-ways-prevent-your-child-playing-fire
3.
Sparkyschoolhouse.org4.
MIPrevention.org5.
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