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We offer a wide variety of services aimed at providing fire safety education for all ages. Below, you will find a list of the services we provide.
For more information please contact the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017
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Daycare & Pre-School Visits
To have a fire truck and crew visit your day care or pre-school, please call (902) 490-4017.
You will be given the phone number for the Fire Station closest to your business. You can then make arrangements with the Duty Captain for the date and time you would like to book.
The firefighters will conduct a brief tour of the fire engine, and give a brief fire safety talk, or conduct a video presentation.
Special Events
This service is provided to HRM residents and businesses. Examples of special events include a community based event, park opening, community group event, children’s block party etc.
To discuss or book your special event, contact the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017
Home/Trade Shows & Fairs
The Public Education Section participates in the annual Spring & Fall Home Shows held at Exhibition Park. Every year there is a different fire safety theme that is presented in our inter-active, educational display booth. Browse our Web Site at various times throughout the year for Display booth location, and theme for that Show.
We also participate in the 50+ Expo, and the We Love Our Children Expo, located at Exhibition Park on the Prospect Rd. Watch for us also at the annual Maritime Fall Fair for fun and inter-active displays.
Each year we also participate in the Nova Scotia Home Builders Show, held at the Halifax Forum. This event usually displays technologies involved with fire safety for our homes and businesses.
Juvenile Fire Setters Program (TAPP-C)
 To assist with educating children who have been involved with fire play, or fire setting; the Public Education Section offers this program. The Arson Prevention Program for Children (TAPP-C) was developed in the early 1990's as an empirically-based assessment and intervention program to address the fire setting behaviours of children and youth in the ages 2-17 categories.
The program is strictly educational, and not punitive in nature. The main goal is to encourage the participant to make wiser choices when it comes to fire and fire safety. The program is theory in nature and could include video presentations for portions of the training.
Mental Health Component: Conducted by mental health professionals if deemed necessary.
Educational Component:
The first session is conducted in the child’s or youth’s home with at least one parent or guardian present. It is a fact finding session, as well as an introduction to the program and how it works. There will be a fire safety check of the home conducted at this time.
The second and third sessions are conducted by Public Education Officers of Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Service at the fire station closest to the home of the child or youth. These session covers the educational aspects of fire safety, and fire setting. Some work will be sent home to be completed with parents.
At the completion of the program, the participant is asked to sign a promise statement concerning fire safety and their role; also a certificate will be presented to the participant at the completion of the program.
This service can be accessed by calling the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017
Schools: Fire Prevention Week Contests
 Every year during Fire Prevention Week, (Oct 5-11 in 2008) the Public Education Division runs a contest in which every elementary school (P-6) is invited to participate.
Each year the contest follows the theme of Fire Prevention Week. Past years have seen Escape Planning, Candle Safety and Smoke Alarms.
Prizes are awarded to twenty students from each grade level. Prizes in previous years have been HRM Fire Backpacks, with built in Radios and Fire Escape Ladders for the home.
Students carry out the tasks of the contests with their parents and guardians.
For more information, please contact the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017
Schools: Gateway Fire Safety Book Program
Each year the Public Education Division distributes high quality Fire Safety Books to every Grade 4 student within the HRM school systems.
This program is a partnership between Gateway Publishing, and Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Service.
For more information, please call the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017
Schools: Risk Watch© Program
This training is a NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) sanctioned program.
The program outlines the eight leading causes of Preventable Injuries to our children and Youth.
The eight categories covered in the curriculum are:
- Motor Vehicle Safety
- Fire and Burn Prevention
- Choking, Suffocation & Strangulation Injury Prevention
- Poisoning Prevention
- Falls & Playground Injuries Prevention
- Firearm Injuries Prevention
- Bike & Pedestrian Injuries Prevention
- Water & Ice Injuries Prevention
The program is for children from Grades Pre-K to Grade 8.
A coalition of the Fire Service, School Board and Department of Education supplies the curriculum to every school within HRM, and Nova Scotia has become the first Province in Canada to have every school participate.
For more information about this program, or to book a Public Education Officer to speak on the Fire & Burn Prevention section of the program, please call the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017.
Schools: General School Presentation
Sometimes it may not be possible for an entire school to have an assembly presentation, so as a service to teachers within the HRM school systems, we can provide general fire safety training for their class.
The presentation is “age appropriate,” and offered to classes from Grades P-6. The training can also make use of a video presentation for some aspects of the program.
For more information, or to schedule this type of presentation, please call the Public Education Request Line at (902) 490-4017
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