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When Fire Strikes: Get Out! Stay Out! Fire Prevention Week October 2003

Hey Kids! Fire Prevention Week may be over but "Get Out! Stay Out!" is still going strong. I'm having so much fun that I'm going to celebrate all month long.

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This Month's Cool Activity:

FPW Fire Safety I.Q. Quiz

What better way to celebrate than to test your safety smarts with my FPW Fire Safety I.Q. Quiz. Why not test your friends and family too?

1. SparkyWhat kind of plan should you and your family have so that everyone knows exactly what to do in a fire?

2. How often should you test your smoke alarm?
a. once a week.
b. one a year.
c. once a month.

3. When is Fire Prevention Week?

4. Your home fire escape should have how many ways out of every room?

5. Where should you go once you are safely outside?

6. A pumper truck can pump how many gallons of water every minute?

Firetruck photo(Hint: Check out my firetruck gallery.)
a. 1,250 gallons of water
b. 2,000 gallons of water
c. 3,000 gallons of water

7. What should you do if you have to escape through a smoky area?

8. How often should you replace the batteries in your smoke alarms?

9. The smoke alarm has sounded and you are escaping. There is smoke blocking your exit. What should you do?

10. Who is the firefighter that named me way back when I was a puppy? (Hint: Read all about it!)

Use the answer key below to see how you did:

Answers: 1. A home fire escape plan. 2. Once a month. 3. October 5-11 4. Two, the first exit is a door, and the second way out is usually a window. 5. Your outside meeting place. 6. 1,250 gallons of water (that's 15,000 glasses of water) 7. Crawl low under smoke to your exit. 8. Once a year (or when the alarm 'chirps', warning the batteries are low) 9. Use your second way out. It is important to have a second way out in case your first way is blocked by smoke. 10. Firefighter Janet

Paw print If you answered all 10 questions correctly, congratulations. Welcome to my FPW Fire Safety Team.
Paw print If you got more than seven correct, you are on your way. Make sure you know the correct answers to the questions you missed.
Paw print If you got less than six correct, you’ve got some work to do. Study my Key Points for Kids and take the test again. You’ll be a member of my FPW Fire Safety Team before you know it.

 

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