Today we had a very special visitor from the London Fire Brigade. Paul Cosaitis, the Education Officer at LFB headquarters has come to Rotherhithe Primary School today to speak to children from years 2, 5 and 6 about fire safety at home.
Paul starts his workshop by talking about the three main emergency services, which are the Police, the Fire Service and the Ambulance Service. If you need any of these services, you can call 999 for an emergency and the operator will put you through the the service that you need.
We also saw some typical smoke alarms, how they work and how often we should test them at home. If your home does not have a smoke alarm, it is very important that you contact the London Fire Brigade as they can provide these to households for free.
During Paul’s presentation, the children were shown pictures of typical rooms you will find at home such as the living room or the kitchen and asked children to point out any potential hazards they can see. Paul was very impressed at how many children spotted the hazards in the pictures. The children will all receive a fire safety plan, which should be ready for them to take home in the new term so look out for that.
We took some pictures of Paul’s visit, which can be seen in the gallery below. Please click on the thumbnails for a larger view. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Paul for taking the time to visit us today and in helping us all to better understand how to stay safe from fire hazards at home.