You can reassure them that you have a plan and will take care of them if there is fire in the home or a bushfire in the area.
On this website you will find information about programs for children offered by the Tasmania Fire Service and information to help you make your home and family fire-safe.
There are also fun games and activities for younger children and resources to assist older children with assignments.
Possibly the most important plan you’ll ever make.
Design your home fire escape plan to suit your home and talk about it with everybody in the house.
If a child has been involved in planning and practising an escape plan they are more likely to get out alive in a house fire:
By EMILY WOODS
A quick-thinking young girl saved her own life when her clothing caught fire.
Extensive power outages in the North-West, caused by the strong winds and stormy conditions recently, led Georgina Bonfield’s family to use candles. “I was playing with my sister,” Georgina, 8, recalled. “And I put my arm over a candle, to grab something, and my pyjamas caught alight. “I dropped straight down to the floor and put it out.”
The Juvenile Fire Lighter Intervention Program (JFLIP) is a free, confidential, Tasmanian-wide service to help families deal with child fire lighting behaviour.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child who is playing with fire, you can contact JFLIP at communityed@fire.tas.gov.au for advice or assistance.
If you find yourself in an emergency which is either life threatening or where time is critical, you can contact fire services, police or ambulance:
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The Tasmania Fire Service Education team is made up of six personnel including four School Fire Educators responsible for in-school education operations.