Each year more than 100,000 people in the United States experience a major household fire.
An estimated 2,800 children age 14 or younger are injured and 850 killed in residential fires. Of these children, over 40 percent are under the age five and 70 percent are under the age of 10.
Learn way to make your home safer and help children understand the dangers of fire and things they can do to protect themselves from fire.
Many people think that water is one of the only ways to put out a fire. Sometimes putting water on a fire can make it worse.
To learn more about this simulate what water may do to a kitchen fire using a clear glass, cooking oil, and water.
First add a few tablespoons of cooking oil to the glass - similar to an amount you may use cooking.
Next add water to the glass. What happens?
Why does water make the grease fire spread rather than put it out?
Talk about other situations where it may not be safe to use water to put out a fire.
Click on this site to learn about the dangers in using water to put out electrical fires.
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11/4 Amazing Grace (Show 802)
Grace is a little girl who wants to be Peter Pan in the school play. She runs into obstacles because she is black and female, but refuses to give in. Join LeVar on a visit with Whoopi Goldberg - Actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg, shares some of her experiences. Scenes from many of her movies and specials are shown.Watch a female hockey player in action - Lauren is a successful hockey player in a sport that is typically all male. Discover what a boiler mechanic does - Sheila tells her story of training for a career as a boiler mechanic, and shares some of the challenges of being employed in a predominately male field.
October is fire safety month.
