[SnazzySass]

When I was in primary school we had fire safety taught every year. In prep I remember drawing up a list of things I would take with me and learned how to escape if my house was on fire and what to do if there was a fire approaching. If we were still in the house it was to go to the bathroom and fill the bath with water and cover yourself with a wet wool blanket. We learned how to make sure we weren’t wearing plastic clothes and that if we had to evacuate on short notice then we should wear wet woollen jumpers and not to get out of the car if the fire went over us. This was reinforced every year. I still make sure I have woollen blankets in the house and am slightly obsessed with cleaning out the gutters. It is only recently I figured out that not everyone learns these things. I think that these things should be taught or am I being OTT?

[Katie_bella]

Stop Drop and Roll!


Don't remember much else being taught

[Oriental lily]

Get down low and go go go.


I never lived rural growing up so learnt nothing about bush fires.

[Chazonator]

yep stop, drop and roll here too! we made a fire evacuation map of the house and had some firemen come to the school with their fire truck which was quite exciting as a small child but other than that I cant think of much else!

[♥~Bodhichitta~♥]

Get down low and go go go.


I never lived rural growing up so learnt nothing about bush fires.

This is me too. We were basically taught nothing, but then we lived in the inner city.

[countrymel]

It was too long ago to remember - we also had some pretty massive bushfires (obliterated the town next along - we had a house full of refugees for more than a week - with pets!) when I was a child so we just 'knew' the stuff... having seen it first hand.

A dear friend of mine lives in a flood risk area of her city, her children do 'flood drill' at school and she has a flood plan taped to a prominent wall. Plus an evacuation box ready to roll.

[Thylacine]

I grew up in a rural area which was not prone to bushfires. At school we just did the standard "get dowm low and go, go, go" fire training.

Snake bites on the other hand... I couldn't count how many times we were taught what to do when we saw a snake and what to do if we were bitten.

[Maple Leaf]

Stop Drop and Roll!


Don't remember much else being taught

This.

[Tyrone Finkelmey...]

I don't remember being taught anything at all about fire safety.

[crazyone2989]

I remember doing stop, drop and roll and the occasional fire drill at school. BUT being in NZ we did way more on earthquake drills, learning what to do and practicing getting under the desks. Mum also had an earthquake survival bin!

When we almost had to evacuate our house due to a hill fire she had the earthquake kit ready to go and my brother and I stuffed toys into our sleeping bags...not particularly prepared for that one, thankfully we didn't have to leave.

In Australia I don't remember doing any fire safety stuff.