When his house catches on fire in the middle of the night, Joey discovers the true value of the smoke detector he has purchased for his grandfather's birthday. Also includes a review of fire safety rules.

As a parent or caregiver, you do things to keep your child safe each day, like buckling their seatbelt or holding hands when you cross the street. The preschool years are an important time to teach your child about fire safety. You can empower children at this young age with essential fire safety messages and skills that can make a big difference in an emergency. You can show your child what to do if there’s a fire and ways to prevent fires from starting. By getting the whole family involved, and making your child a part of this process, you are teaching lifelong fire safety habits! This guide will help you make fire safety easy for the whole family, and help children feel safe. Here’s what you’ll find: information and tools to help your family practice fire safety at home catchy phrases you can use to help your child remember important fire safety messages activities and ideas to help you practice fire safety skills together as a family NOTE: This publication is shown in color, however, it is a black and white coloring book to allow child to pick color(s) of choice.

This compendium of materials will be useful in building and supplementing a public education program for fire safety. Lists a wide range of programs, videotapes, booklets, manuals, pamphlets, brochures, program kits, and web sites that are available from diverse sources throughout the U.S. There are 13 categories: burn and scald prevention, CPR and first aid, electrical hazards, escape plans and drills, fire and the elderly, fire extinguishers, fire safety and the disabled, flammable fabrics, residences, residential fire inspections and home safety, fire safety programs for schools and day care programs, smoke detectors, and other programs.