Fire Safety Coloring Pages for Fire Prevention Week

With drier weather and the holidays coming up, teaching our children to be safe in a variety of situations is one of the most important jobs as a parent. October is Fire Safety Month, and while these fire safety coloring pages cannot keep your child safe, they can help start the conversation on such an important topic.

Fire Safety Coloring Pages

If you have never approached the subject of fire safety in your home, new coloring pages and a fun activity book are a great way to get started. Coloring pages can be an easy way to do some question and answer with your kids, especially the little ones.

Using just one coloring sheet at a time, you can teach young children to recognize important people and their equipment as safe, such as a fire fighter or a fire truck. Giving them the permission to talk to “strangers” should a fire occur.

Our mini activity pack has some simple images to color, but our MEGA  Activity pack includes 12 different color images in 4 styles for a total of 48 coloring sheets to continue working on their fine motor skills!

What is Fire Prevention Week?

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) designed the second week of October as Fire Prevention Week to remember and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. However, in 1925, Calvin Coolidge made the first Presidential Proclamation of Fire Prevention Week. 

Even though October is Fire Safety Month, the week that includes October 9th is designated as fire prevention week. This is a week to take the time to really dig into the severity and devastation a fire can cause and to help raise awareness to better protect homes and families.

What is the theme for Fire Safety Week?

Each year, the NFPA creates a theme or focus to highlight during Fire Safety Week. The 2023 theme is “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention™,” which is geared to focus on the precautions you can take while cooking to keep yourself and those around you safe.

The NFPA is a great educational resource when planning your studies for Fire Safety Week. Each year they offer wonderful tip sheets you can print, talking points, and more to help the whole family.

How we teach Fire Safety to Our Kids

​Fires destroy homes every day. Some from neglect and some from malfunctions beyond control. However, there are steps you can take to help make sure your home is as safe as it can be.

1. Have working smoke detectors in your home. At the very least in the kitchen and one other location toward the bedrooms. However, the NFPA recommends having a working detector in each bedroom for added safety.
2. Make an escape plan as a family. In fact, we recommend making several in case the original plan cannot be executed due to flames. A great way to do that is to have a simple blueprint of your home and mark the exit points. Then draw lines to show everyone how to escape in the event of a fire.
3. Choose a meeting place outside and away from the home. This could be a neighbors house or a spot in the yard if you have a large one. Somewhere everyone knows to meet so a head count can take place to make sure everyone is out and safe.
4. Make sure everyone knows to call 911 – even your little ones! This is something that will likely be done by a neighbor, but if you live away from neighbors, everyone in your family needs to know how to call for help!
5. Keep a list of contacts for family and friends so they can help in the event of a fire.

Why Fire Safety is Personal for Us

October is always an emotional month for our family as we remember several losses from fire tragedies. In 2008, we got the devastating news that a family close to ours had a house fire and not one, but two of their children perished as a result of that fire. My heart was shattered, as one was a child I had babysat for years. And as a mom, I grieved with our friends. I don’t know that it was preventable, but what I do know is that their family was forever changed after that night. Since then, I have made sure our kids knew what to do in the event of a fire.

In 2017, tragedy struck again when a dear friend I met through blogging died, along with her husband, and two of their four kids, in their family home during a fire. It was a day I will remember for years to come, but it was also a reminder to never be complacent on fire safety and teaching our kids about it.

And now as a fulltime RV family, we hear about fires more often than I care to admit. These are not brick homes, so fires spread quickly and easily, of which many can be prevented with proper maintenance and safety precautions.

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Fire Safety Week Mini Activity Pack

It would hard to find a family who has not been impacted by the devastation of a home fire. Whether their own, a family member, friends, or even just in their community. That’s all the more reason to discuss fire safety regularly with your family, not just during the month of October.

Our Fire Safety Week Mini Activity Pack is the perfect introduction to help start the discussion for Fire Safety Week! This pack includes several colorable images and word puzzles about fire safety.