Client:NZ Fire Service
Project:Be FireWise
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| Project update | Archive |
Objectives:
Be FireWise is a fire safety education resource for years 7 and 8 (11–13 year-olds), which uses key messages and activities to teach essential knowledge and skills about fire safety.
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Project update:
2007
Developed a guide for firefighters on the contents of the Be FireWise CD-ROMs and ways they can interact with students to reinforce key messages when they visit schools as Be FireWise educators.
Educating NZ also scoped a year 1 & 2 Be FireWise resource, and provided recommendations regarding updating the existing resource.
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Client background:
The New Zealand Fire Service has the mission statement: to reduce the incidence and consequence of fire and to provide a professional response to other emergencies.Top
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2006–2007
After completing a revamp of the materials for the FireWise programme (years 7 and 8), the NZ Fire Service contracted Educating NZ to develop and design two CD-ROMs and a short teachers’ guide. The redevelopment was designed to improve up-take of the programme in schools, and amongst firefighters, to a standard acceptable to the NZ Fire Service.
The teachers’ CD-ROM includes unit plans, links to the New Zealand curriculum, activities, fact and resource sheets and media clips from real fires. The students’ CD-ROM contains interactive games, fact sheets, media clips and quizzes.
The resource was developed in partnership with teachers, students, fire safety experts and frontline firefighters.