Title of Bulletin Board: Fire Safety Plan for Home

Category: Safety

Suggested Grade Level: 3-5

Materials: blue paper, green paper, yellow paper, striped paper, stensils, scrapbook scissors

Description:

This board was created to address the North Carolina Essential Teaching Standard, personal and consumer health (PCH) 3.4. The standard's purpose is to implement a plan to escape fire at home while avoiding smoke inhalation. The title is Fire Safety Plan with "plan" turned into a fire safety acronym. P-prevent inhaling smoke, L-learn the escape plan for your classroom or home, A-always stay low to the floor, hold one's breath, or take as few breaths as possible, N- no one should ever hide in a burning house. Designate a meeting place outside. The board also has a smoke alarm picture on the left and emphasizes importance smoke alarms in every room with regular battery testing. On the right is an example of a fire escape plan using the child's home with a meeting place outside.