Fire safety in schools
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as a new team member with Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service. I started earlier this year as a Community Fire Safety Officer and am based within the Fire Prevention and Arson team at Bedworth fire station.
Going forward I will be involved with the design and delivery of the school programme for Years 1, 5 and 7 . Our aim is to develop children’s knowledge and understanding of fire safety behaviour and to provide them with survival skills in the event of a fire. The input for Key Stage 3 links fire safety awareness to the new National Curriculum subject of citizenship and draws directly from the KS3 Programme of Study. The scheme entitled FIRE! provides pupil and teacher guidance booklets for Year 7 pupils. A session is also delivered to each class by a Community Fire Safety Officer.
Due to the impact of Covid 19 the on site delivery of the education programme has been affected in order to comply with regulations and to keep everyone safe. Further to the roadmap announcement made on 22nd February it will soon be the right time to start returning to schools to continue with this valuable learning addition.
We would like to start to compiling a timetable and therefore ask you to please respond as soon as possible with available dates for the community team to visit your school to deliver the relevant presentations to each year group.
I look forward to hearing from you soon
Sara Beirne
Community Fire Safety Officer
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
sarabeirne@warwickshire.gov.uk