Freddie's Fire Safety Curriculum
The “Freddie” curriculum is a comprehensive fire safety curriculum developed to teach children in kindergarten through fifth grades important fire prevention and survival skills. The series consists of three curricula, one for kindergarten and first grades, one for second and third grades, and another for fourth and fifth grades. Participating students are learning positive fire safety behaviors that will extend into adulthood. Fire safety behaviors learned through the “Freddie” curriculum have already been attributed to saving lives. Not only do these lessons benefit now, but also behaviors learned will ultimately have a favorable long-range impact on the fire problem in South Carolina. Since the inception of the “Freddie” curriculum during the 1993-94 school year, fire deaths among elementary school aged children continue to decrease as reflected on the following page.
Each curriculum contains six lesson plans with a video highlighting each lesson. Pre-and Post Tests, along with teacher evaluations are also a part of the curriculum administration. Student materials for all grade levels consist of student workbook, certificate of completion, and badges/stickers for each pupil.
In addition to the standard format, student materials have been converted into an audio format for children with visual and other print impairments. The K-1st grade materials have been adapted to teach children with autism, and a Spanish translation of the student activity book for Kindergarten through third grade is also available.
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Participating Schools (pdf)
