| Anyone that knows a volunteer firefighter can | | | | they COULD stand in it, so that they will learn |
| attest to the fact that all things that involve a fire | | | | how to crawl from a building on fire, with a towel, |
| engine fascinate children. Since you already have a | | | | sheet, or other clothing type covering their |
| party going, why not turn it into an educational | | | | mouths as they exit. You can place the pictures |
| experience as well? This is especially important for | | | | outside the "building" so that children can |
| the younger children who may not know what to | | | | immediately begin their "stop, drop, and roll" or |
| do in case of a fire. | | | | you can have them do another run through the |
| One thing you can do is use a large cardboard | | | | house. |
| box and help the children decorate and color it so | | | | Don't think because this is a learning process the |
| it looks like a house. The box must be big enough | | | | children will not enjoy it. When they are very |
| so that the children can crawl into it. Since the | | | | young, they actually find it fun to crawl in and out |
| children are going to pretend they are leaving a | | | | of a box, so they will have fun and learn fire |
| burning building, have them draw flames on the | | | | evacuation methods at the same time. It's |
| outside of their house. You might also have some | | | | makeshift compared to what fire companies do |
| older children draw a depiction of the "Stop, Drop, | | | | for fire prevention week, but the message still |
| and Roll" method of survival when a person | | | | comes through. If your child has a fire truck that |
| catches on fire. Make the box big enough that | | | | makes noise, it makes it more authentic. |