Resources & Strategies On Fire Safety & Evacuation For Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers

[ana.D]

Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: Fire safety
Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? Yes
Your knowledge: Beginner

Your Question?
a. Provide three strategies on how you would explain and practise emergency and evacuation procedures with each group below:
 Babies and toddlers  Kindergarten children
Babies and toddlers Kindergarten
Educators need to have ready access to emergency equipment, such as phone, fire extinguishers and fire blankets’ (NQS, 2011 p.78).
5. How would you ensure that you have access and are trained in using emergency equipment?

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
a. Provide three strategies on how you would explain and practise emergency and evacuation procedures with each group below:
 Babies and toddlers  Kindergarten children
a.Three strategies to explain and practise emergency and evacuation procedures with each group below:
 Babies and toddlers
By performing and practicing emergency evacuation drills ,
Putting babies and toddlers in cribs, or wagons that can carry several children at a time ,
Not panicking and assuring children of being in control explaining that we are going to our safe shelter.

 Kindergarten children
By performing and practicing emergency evacuation drills , not panicking and assuring children of being in control explaining that we are going to our safe shelter.
By teaching children the emergency exit signs to follow and the stop , drop and roll action to perform in case of emergencies
By discussing and practising emergency evacuation procedure , teaching them the route with pictures and diagrams
b. Provide two activities that you might use to prepare children for emergencies, for each of the age groups listed above.
Age group How would you explain to children? How would you practise with children? Activities to prepare children for emergencies How would you share information with the families and others? Babies and toddlers Kindergarten
Educators need to have ready access to emergency equipment, such as phone, fire extinguishers and fire blankets’ (NQS, 2011 p.78).
5. How would you ensure that you have access and are trained in using emergency equipment?

Description and Message:
I need help with the second part ie b
I also need to be pointed to a resoursce for emergency fire plans for home or workplace
The resource given with my cluster does not exist or some web glitch I cant access the qld. Fire safety site for community
Please help,
Thankyou

[Lorina]

Found a whole lot of resources for you:

Childcare Care a Emergency Planning Guide
First Safe Kids
Fire Safety
Fire Facts

Hope this helps,

,
L.A

[ana.D]

Thankyou, thats a great help!