Friendly Firefighters

National Fire Safety Council's Friendly Firefighter Program provides departments with a specific program of materials that explain the vital job members of local fire departments perform every day to help keep us safe. Departments will find the materials helpful in presenting programs to daycare facilities, pre-schools, and elementary schools.



#116F Friendly Firefighters: American Heroes
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

116f

24-page manual - P, K, 1-2, LE

This manual is designed to help develop an early awareness and understanding of the many ways the fire department protects and aids the community. It helps children develop a healthy perspective of the job of local firefighters and encourages them to trust and respect them. Appropriate for the early reader. Contains word recognition on most pages.

Topics: Ways to Report an Emergency/Reporting a Fire; Answering Firepup®'s Call (Dispatchers); Responding to the Alarm; Answering a Call; Wearing Equipment/Wearing the Uniform; Searching for Missing People; Rescuing People; Helping the Sick, Burned, or Hurt; Fighting a Fire; Investigating a Fire; Inspecting Buildings; Teaching Fire Safety; Explaining Fire Extinguishers; Practicing a School Fire Drill; Answering a Fire Emergency; Piloting a Fireboat; Flying a Fire Helicopter; Fighting Forest Fires; Planting Young Trees; and Helping to Save Lives.

 
#203F Your Friendly Firefighter/Never Hide, I Am Your Friend
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

203f

2-sided activity/colorsheet - P, K, 1-2

Firepup® and his young friends teach how our Friendly Firefighters help rescue people who are trapped in a fire. This folding activity shows children what a firefighter looks like with and without full turnout gear. It's goal is to make children familiar with the usual firefighting gear which may make a firefighter look different or sound scary. They will learn not to hide in a fire emergency. A quiz helps reinforce the information.

 
#206F Firepup®'s Jr. Firefighter Helmet
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

206f

2-sided activity/colorsheet - P, K, 1-2

This cut-and-color activity reinforces what the "best dressed" firefighters are wearing with a fun "Get it in Gear" maze. After completing the maze, children can cut out and wear the fire helmet.

 
#213F Friendly Firefighters: To Protect and Serve
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

213f

Full-color brochure - UE, MS, HS, A, D

Folder covers general duties of a fire department in a colorful format.

Topics: Inspections; Investigating; Make the Call; Medical Training; Other Types of Emergencies; Community Services.

 
#214F Join Your Fire Safety Team!
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

214f-x

2-sided, full-color trading card

This wallet-sized card is easy to carry in a wallet or pocket. It explains vital information fire departments make available to teach kids, families, and communities about fire & burn prevention and life safety.

 
#215 Friendly Firefighter Colorsheet
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

215F

Half Colorsheet, Pre-school, LE, E

Firepup® wants children to realize that firefighters may look scary in their uniforms, but they are friendly and there to help you in an emergency. Also includes basic safety rules. Can be signed by an adult and child, then dated upon completion.

 
#255F Jr. Firefighter Pledge Card
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

255f

Full-color I.D. card - LE

This wallet-size card is easy to carry in a pocket or wallet. Invites children to recite Firepup®'s Jr. Firefighter Promise. Can be signed by the child and then dated upon completion.

 
#310F EMS: Emergency Medical Service Workers
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

310f

Full-color brochure - UE, HS, A, D

Folder covers the general duties of EMS personnel, including basic emergency medical services and providing first response care in emergency situations.

Topics: EMS - Trained & Equipped; EMS Personnel; Response; Public Education; EMS Today; Mobile Emergency Care Units; EMS Week.

 
#503F Jr. Firefighter Shield/Badge
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

503f

Sticker, metallic silver - D

Jr. Firefighter shield/badge sticker immitates a real firefighter's shield/badge but features Firepup® and a special fire safety message from your friendly firefighters on the back.

 
#518F Firepup®'s When I Grow Up . . . A Fire Safety Growth Chart,
Educational Materials - Friendly Firefighters

518f

11"x34" full-color growth chart - F

Firepup®'s When I Grow Up . . . fire safety growth chart not only helps your child keep track of his or her growth, it also explains in a fun story format the very important jobs of firefighters and dispatchers. Join Firepup® in imagining what it would be like to be a firefighter.