Play Safe! Be Safe! Fire Safety training

The Minnesota State Fire Marshal Office is offering a free training on the Play Safe! Be Safe! curriculum. The training is free and includes all materials and a toolkit. The training is sponsored through grant funding and is offered by an award winning national program. The training is on Nov. 7th at 9:00 am at New Brighton Public Safety Training Center. Workshop participants will learn: – How vulnerable preschool children are to fire and burn injuries – About the frequency of children’s misuse of fire, their distorted perception and limited capacity to understand the potential danger of fire – Effective, developmentally appropriate methods of teaching fire prevention to preschool children – How to motivate children and families to behave safely using the principles of the Health Belief Model of Behavior Change. Would you be willing to share the information with your members? Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. More information and registration can be found at https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/sfm/training/Pages/fire-marshal-course-registration-system.aspx.