Children and Fire

7/4/2019 (Permalink)

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Many Children who set fires lack both supervision and fire safety education.  The following are a few things, according to the Burn Institute, that you can do to make sure your children are safe.

        Educate your children that: 

• Fire is a tool, not a toy. 
• Fire is dangerous and that it can kill. 
• All fires, even small ones, can spread quickly.
• Even adults must follow fire safety rules. 
• Leave matches alone.

       Other things you can do:

• Supervise children at all times
• Store matches and lighters in a secure place away from a child's reach 
• Occasionally check under your child's bed and inside the closets for burned materials. Parents often discover the first signs of evidence that a child may be playing with fire. 
• Teach children not to touch matches and lighter, but to tell an adult where they are and have the adult put them in a safe place.
• Explain the importance of only using matches as a tool and when an adult is present. 

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