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Description

Youngsters work in pairs to assess the fire safety of the meeting place. Pictorial checklists and explainations provided. (This is from Know the drill activity from Scouts website)

Resources

Leader instruction sheet (attached)
Pictorial checklist - one per pair (attached)
Pictorial list with explaination - one per pair (attached)

Pens
Paper

Instructions

Leader Preparation

Note down all of the signs and fire-related objects in and around your meeting place. Include fire drill signs, emergency exit signs, smoke alarms, high-vis vests for fire marshals, fire extinguishers, fire blankets, and a fire assembly point.

Beaver fire inspection.

Decide whether you’ll do the activity as a whole group, or split into smaller groups and take turns. It’s up to you, depending on the size of your group and meeting place.

The person leading the game should explain that today, everyone will become a fire safety monitor. Their job will be to check the meeting space to make sure it’s safe in case of fire.

Everyone should split into pairs. The person leading the game should give each pair a ‘Fire safety checklist’ sheet.
Everyone should walk around the meeting space together. They should go inside and outside. They should stop at each fire-related item to talk about what it is and how it helps, then tick the item off their checklist.
We’ve included some hints in the ‘Fire safety items’ sheet.

Know the drill


Now everyone knows about fire items, the person leading the activity should ask if anyone knows what to do if there’s a fire.

The fire service recommends that people get out, stay out, and call 999. This means that people shouldn’t stop to pick anything up (even valuable things) and they shouldn’t tackle a fire themselves. They should leave the area quickly and sensibly without running.

In the UK, calling 911 or 112 will also reach the emergency services.

Do the drill

The person leading the activity should explain that when they shout ‘fire’, everyone should shout back ‘get out, stay out, call 999’ and walk sensibly to the nearest exit.

You could also run a fire frill with your fire alarm system. Always check the instructions first, and check if you need to let the local fire service know that you’ll be running a drill.

The person leading the activity should start running a quick game to distract everyone.

Once everyone’s distracted, the person leading the activity should shout ‘fire’.


Everyone should shout back ‘get out, stay out, call 999’ and walk sensibly to the nearest exit. Everyone should follow the fire drill procedures of their meeting place.

The person leading the activity (or the fire marshal) should lead everyone to the assembly point and count everyone.

Everyone should stay calm and quiet while the person checks that everyone’s there.

The person leading the activity should congratulate everyone who was quiet, calm, and helpful.

Tags

• emergency
• Fire Awareness
• Fire Safety
• safety

Badge Links

• Safety - Fire Safety
• Teamwork - Challenge
• Teamwork - Helpful