WA#7: First Draft

Good morning kids! How are you all doing today?
Gooooood!
Great, because today you all will be learning one of the most important things you ever learn. But before we get to that, can you all guess what my job is?
Firefighter!
That’s right! Everyday, we firefighters get many calls reporting fires around the city. Our job is to get to the fire as quickly as possible in our big red fire trucks and put it out. Fires are very dangerous, and you should not mess with them. You should also not play with matches or lighters, because you might accidentally create a fire. So, how do we firefighters know there’s a fire to put out? What should you do until we get there? Well, here is what to do in the event of a fire:

If you see or smell fire or smoke where it shouldn’t be, immediately pick up the phone and dial 911. Those are the only three numbers you have to press on the phone. So what are the three numbers you press?
Nine-one-one!
Exactly! When the firefighter answers the phone, just stay calm and tell them that there is a fire. If you know where you are, tell them that too.

The next thing you should do is run as far away as you can from the fire. Fire can spread quickly, so the farther you are from it, the better. Tell others about the fire if they don’t already know there is one. Make sure they can get far away from the fire also.

Now, say you aren’t so lucky, and your shirt or hair has caught fire. Yes, it might look cool to have your hair on fire, but it can burn you terribly. Burns hurt a lot. So, can you all tell me what puts out fire?
Uhhh..
Water! Water puts out fires. If you are right next to a sink or anything else with water, get water on yourself where there’s fire as quickly as you can. However, most of the time, you will most likely not be right next to a source of water. If this is the case, and you have fire on you, there are three things I want you to do. This is very important, so listen carefully:
1) Stop.
2) Drop
3) And Roll.
These three steps are very simple and tell you exactly what to do. Wherever you are or whatever you are doing, stop immediately. Drop to solid, fireless ground, and roll. Keep rolling around, back and forth until the fire is gone. Isn’t that easy?
Yeah!
Very good, and its fun! Who wouldn’t want to roll around on the ground? I do it all the time!
(Laughter).

So, just to make sure you all have been paying attention, what is the first thing you do when there’s a fire?
Call nine-one-one!
Perfect. Then you should….
Run away as fast as you can!
You have been paying attention! Good! Now, for the toughest part. You are going to need to tell me three things. What should you do if you have fire on you?
Stop, drop and roll!
Congratulations, kids. You are now fire experts! Thank you for being such good listeners! And remember, don’t play with fire! It is very dangerous stuff. Have a great day!