1st Grade ‹ Mt. Lebanon Fire Department

What I learned today:

We reviewed STOP DROP and ROLL and talked about how matches and lighters are tools for grown-ups.
We talked about how things in the world are different. Different shape, different color, different size.
We learned that things are also different temperatures, like HOT and COLD. Easy right?
We talked about what happens if we touch something hot, like a cookie sheet. We get burned.
We learned that if we get a burn, the best way to treat it is to put it under cold water.
We learned how to tell which side of the sink has cold water. We learned that the cold water sometimes has a blue mark on the faucet or the word cold. We also learned that the cold water is always on the right!
We then got a “pretend burn” and practiced cooling it under cold water at the sink.

We reviewed STOP, DROP and ROLL and Cooling a Burn.
We then talked about signs, like stop signs, pedestrian crossing signs and yield signs. These signs help keep us safe.
We talked about firefighter’s favorite sign, the EXIT sign.
The EXIT sign is our favorite because it helps people get out of unfamiliar buildings like shopping malls, airports and hospitals.
We learned that when we hear a fire alarm we need to find the nearest EXIT sign to point the way out.
We learned that just like in big buildings we have something in our home that tells us to find the way out and fast. The SMOKE DETECTOR!Learn more about smoke alarms
We learned that fires make lots of toxic, dangerous smoke that we can’t breath.
We learned the best way to get out of a fire is to CRAWL LOW UNDER THE SMOKE and move towards the exit.
We practiced crawling low under smoke.
We learned that WHEN WE ARE OUT WE STAY OUT.