Toolkit for Integrating Healthy Physical and Mental
Development in Early Learning Guidelines
Health and Safety Topic #13: Fire Drills
Caring for Our Children (CFOC) Standards and Healthy Kids, Healthy Care Links [Tips for Parents]
Selected States’ Early Learning Guidelines
State Assessment

CFOC Standard(s):

Response to Fire and Burns-3.052

Children shall be instructed to STOP, DROP, and ROLL when garments catch fire. Children shall be instructed to crawl on the floor under the smoke. Cool water shall be applied to burns immediately. The injury shall be covered with a loose bandage or clean cloth.

Written Evacuation Plan-8.024

The facility shall have a written plan for reporting and evacuating in case of fire, flood, tornado, earthquake, hurricane, blizzard, power failure, bomb threat, or other disaster that could create structural damages to the facility or pose health and safety hazards to the children and staff. The facility shall also include procedures for staff training on this emergency plan.

Approval and Implementation of Fire Evacuation Procedure-8.027

A fire evacuation procedure shall be approved by a fire inspector for centers and by a local fire department representative for large and small family child care homes during an annual on-site visit when an evacuation drill is observed and the facility is inspected for fire safety hazards. The procedure shall be practiced at least monthly from all exit locations at varied times of the day and during varied activities, including nap time.

HKHC Link(s):

Emergency Preparedness

Child- and Program-Focused Example
Utah Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines (p.45)

Guideline II: The child develops an understanding of health and safety.
Objective 3: Practices safety procedures.
a. Follows indoor safety rules.
Possible Strategies
  • Model walking inside the building, regardless of time constraints.
  • Play Follow the Leader while walking through the building.
  • Explain why walking indoors is important.
  • Enforce and model emergency drill procedures and have children practice during regularly scheduled as well as unscheduled times.

For references to the state early learning guidelines used see State Early Learning Guidelines Used in Examples

Fire Drills Content:

Content absent

Content to be strengthened

Content approaches CFOC
Action Plan
     


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