Local
905 Fire Safety House
The Fire Safety "House" is a scaled down version
of a real house. It's two stories stands 13 ft high, 8
ft wide and 21 ft. long. The miniature house contains 2
different
types of window styles, a 10 ft. stairwell to the upper
bedroom and balcony. The main features of course are the
rope ladder
and smoke alarms contained within the vinyl siding and
shake shingle roof. The house is set on a trailer like
platform
that is towed behind a one ton truck.
The "House" is owned and operated as well
as having been built by the Nanaimo Professional Firefighters
on their own time. Operating capital comes from generous
sponsors within the community.
Within this house is a
control room that is the heart of this life saving
teaching aid. From this control room
a fire fighter can control and monitor all strobe and
house lights, operate the smoke alarms and a theater
quality smoke machine to add realism for the hands
on portion of the teaching program.
The program consists
of a classroom talk of the fundamentals of home safety,
then out to the "house" to
practice what we have learned and then back into the
classroom for remainder of the lesson and to answer any
questions that may have come up during the lesson.
The Fire Safety House program has been running since
September 1985 and has proven to be so successful that
the school board added it to the grade three curriculum
locally.
If there are any questions that you may
have please drop us a line:
Nanaimo Professional Firefighters Local
#905 Fire Safety House
C/O Nanaimo Fire/Rescue Services
666 Fitzwilliam Street
Nanaimo, BC V9T 3B5
(250) 753-7311
Email
firesafetyhouse@shaw.ca
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