http://www.firehouse.com Firehouse.com http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10705779/fps-grants-deadline-extended-and-free-fire-safety-programs/blog/10705779/fpamps-grants-deadline-extended-and-free-fire-safety-programs This is the perfect opportunity to apply for the fire prevention initiatives and firefighter health and safety programs that your department needs help funding. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:04:00 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10705779/fps-grants-deadline-extended-and-free-fire-safety-programs/blog/10705779/fpamps-grants-deadline-extended-and-free-fire-safety-programs http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10611675/a-golden-fire-safety-nugget/blog/10611675/a-golden-fire-safety-nugget There is nothing quite like finding an unexpected surprise on the web. This evening, while surfing the web looking up some data, I stumbled upon this golden nugget, a page on the USFA for Kids website . If you are like me and you feel as though you... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10611675/a-golden-fire-safety-nugget/blog/10611675/a-golden-fire-safety-nugget http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10552027/another-resource-for-your-fire-and-life-safety-education-toolbox/blog/10552027/another-resource-for-your-fire-and-life-safety-education-toolbox One of the things that I enjoy doing when I have some down time, is to surf the web to find resources to assist the fire safety dogs and I with our fire safety programming. This morning, I stumbled upon videos made with Rob Neale, Deputy... Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:36:47 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10552027/another-resource-for-your-fire-and-life-safety-education-toolbox/blog/10552027/another-resource-for-your-fire-and-life-safety-education-toolbox http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10524507/new-fire-prevention-and-safety-grants-video-released-by-fema/blog/10524507/new-fire-prevention-and-safety-grants-video-released-by-fema I don't know about you, but nothing makes me happier when I realize that the application period for the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants is near. According to an email blast from FEMA that was just sent out, it's anticipated that the application... Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:08:31 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10524507/new-fire-prevention-and-safety-grants-video-released-by-fema/blog/10524507/new-fire-prevention-and-safety-grants-video-released-by-fema http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10472888/fire-safety-tip-for-educators/blog/10472888/fire-safety-tip-for-educators When doing some research to share some winter safety tips from the United States Fire Administration, I was a bit surprised to find that they were collaborating with NFPA. Their Put a Freeze on Winter Fires page has some great resources for... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:29:28 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10472888/fire-safety-tip-for-educators/blog/10472888/fire-safety-tip-for-educators http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10447430/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media/blog/10447430/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media One of the most exciting things about technology is that you can reach more people faster with the fire safety message. In one of my previous posts, I shared how exciting it was that Facebook was opening up doors. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:47:47 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10447430/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media/blog/10447430/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10456782/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media/blog/10456782/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media One of the most exciting things about technology is that you can reach more people faster with the fire safety message. In one of my previous posts , I shared how exciting it was that Facebook was opening up doors. About a year ago, I started... Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:47:31 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10456782/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media/blog/10456782/reaching-the-masses-with-social-media http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459420/resource-for-earthquake-and-hurricane-preparedness-for-educators/blog/10459420/resource-for-earthquake-and-hurricane-preparedness-for-educators As educators, we are constantly looking for resources to help those in our community. With the threat of an impending hurricane upon the east coast and those not familiar with earthquake preparedness, I wanted to share some resources from my favorite site... Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:42:49 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459420/resource-for-earthquake-and-hurricane-preparedness-for-educators/blog/10459420/resource-for-earthquake-and-hurricane-preparedness-for-educators http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459431/wednesday-safety-chat/blog/10459431/wednesday-safety-chat Hope everyone has survived the summer. Arkansas experienced over 28 days of 100 degree heat or more and it is just now getting a bit cooler, thank goodness. On the Playing it Safe blog , I enjoy sharing sites that provide resources at no... Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:14:26 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459431/wednesday-safety-chat/blog/10459431/wednesday-safety-chat http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459484/friday-safety-chat/blog/10459484/friday-safety-chat This time of year the National Fire Protection Association announces its Fire Prevention Week theme. The theme this year is, Its Fire Prevention Week. Protect your Family from Fire!Whether you are a seasoned fire safety educator or brand new to... Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:26:04 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459484/friday-safety-chat/blog/10459484/friday-safety-chat http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459498/setting-your-fire-safety-programming-goals/blog/10459498/setting-your-fire-safety-programming-goals After learning the basics of fire safety some years ago and dedicating my life to helping save lives, I sat down to put my future goals as an educator onto paper. Two of those goals were to share fire prevention in a fun and educationally sound way... Mon, 23 May 2011 21:29:20 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459498/setting-your-fire-safety-programming-goals/blog/10459498/setting-your-fire-safety-programming-goals http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459512/a-visit-with-raymond-nance-from-the-nebraska-state-fire-marshals-office/blog/10459512/a-visit-with-raymond-nance-from-the-nebraska-state-fire-marshals-office This evening I had the pleasure of visiting with Raymond Nance, Deputy Fire Marshal for the Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office. Ray and I have known each other for a few years, and I learned a couple of days ago that he utilized a ventriloquist dummy... Mon, 16 May 2011 23:30:43 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459512/a-visit-with-raymond-nance-from-the-nebraska-state-fire-marshals-office/blog/10459512/a-visit-with-raymond-nance-from-the-nebraska-state-fire-marshals-office http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459529/friday-safety-chat/blog/10459529/friday-safety-chat I stumbled upon a link to the U.S. Fire Administrations Kids Fire Safety on the Ready.gov website a little while ago and wanted to share with you. In this page, FEMA, the U.S. Fire Administration, and the National Commission on Children and... Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:16:45 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459529/friday-safety-chat/blog/10459529/friday-safety-chat http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459553/fire-safety-round-up/blog/10459553/fire-safety-round-up Received a note from Ed Comeau sharing that there will be a free webinar entitled, Community Risk Reduction- doing it in the USA! this coming Monday, April 11 th at 11:00 am. Eastern time. The webinar, sponsored by Vision 20/20 through a DHS... Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:26:52 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459553/fire-safety-round-up/blog/10459553/fire-safety-round-up http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459558/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-april-5-2011/blog/10459558/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-april-5-2011 Welcome to the Wednesday fire safety programming tip where we share low cost ideas to help your department's fire prevention program as well as other fire safety programming ideas. The fire safety dogs and I have been busy preparing for the launch of our... Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:19:13 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459558/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-april-5-2011/blog/10459558/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-april-5-2011 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459576/deadline-approaching-for-scholarship-opportunity-for-fire-safety-educators/blog/10459576/deadline-approaching-for-scholarship-opportunity-for-fire-safety-educators Just received a reminder this morningthatthe application deadline for the 2011 NFPA Fire and Life Safety Educator scholarship must be received by close of businesstomorrow, March 18th. There is still time to getyour applicationin. Having... Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:17:13 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459576/deadline-approaching-for-scholarship-opportunity-for-fire-safety-educators/blog/10459576/deadline-approaching-for-scholarship-opportunity-for-fire-safety-educators http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459578/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-16-11/blog/10459578/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-16-11 This week there have been many wonderful resources that have become available to educators. I couldnt wait to share some of them with you on the Playing it Safe blog here on firehouse.com! "Never Leave Your Child Alone in a Car... Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:48:19 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459578/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-16-11/blog/10459578/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-16-11 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459582/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-9-11/blog/10459582/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-9-11 The Learning Resource Center (LRC) at the National Emergency Training Center is a great resource that provides prevention and fire safety related materials for fire safety educators. The LRC is a reference service that provides both onsite and an online... Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:21:39 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459582/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-9-11/blog/10459582/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-9-11 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459587/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-2-11/blog/10459587/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-2-11 In a previous post , I mentioned that NFPA was searching for the new "Voice of Sparky" to celebrate Sparkys 60 th birthday. Career firefighters, volunteer firefighters or other fire department employees were invited to submit videos of... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:14:03 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459587/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-2-11/blog/10459587/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-3-2-11 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459602/the-moment-many-of-us-have-been-waiting-for/blog/10459602/the-moment-many-of-us-have-been-waiting-for This just out! If you are like me, you have be waiting with anticipation for thethird edition of the Fire and Life Safety manual from IFSTAto comeout. It was an honor to serve on the validation committee forthe manual,and within the coming... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:46:09 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459602/the-moment-many-of-us-have-been-waiting-for/blog/10459602/the-moment-many-of-us-have-been-waiting-for http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459604/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-15-11/blog/10459604/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-15-11 One of the things that I enjoy doing on the Playing Safe Blog here on Firehouse.com, is sharing ideas with other educators. When I was a new fire safety educator, I was nicknamed "Sponge" by a fellow educator, because I loved learning as much as I... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:19:27 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459604/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-15-11/blog/10459604/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-15-11 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459608/wednesday-fire-safety-tip-2-9-2011/blog/10459608/wednesday-fire-safety-tip-2-9-2011 Low on funds? Contests are a wonderful way to help supplement your fire safety program. Over the years, I have seen many educators enter contests that have helped them with their program. I dont know about you, but I love contests! Contests having... Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:36:46 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459608/wednesday-fire-safety-tip-2-9-2011/blog/10459608/wednesday-fire-safety-tip-2-9-2011 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459611/siren-and-his-journey-to-become-a-fire-safety-dog/blog/10459611/siren-and-his-journey-to-become-a-fire-safety-dog Throughout my life, I have been fortunate to have adopted many dogs. The last two that I adopted, Sparkles and Spanner, were exceptional in every way. Spanner passed away in May 2008 at 9 years old and Sparkles in October 2010 at 12 years old. Both... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:04:18 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459611/siren-and-his-journey-to-become-a-fire-safety-dog/blog/10459611/siren-and-his-journey-to-become-a-fire-safety-dog http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459615/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-2-11/blog/10459615/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-2-11 Welcome to the "Playing it Safe" blog! Hope that everyone is having a good week so far. Let's get started with this week's fire safety programming tip. You see them out there. Companies of all types trying to sell your fire department their wares... Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:49:17 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459615/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-2-11/blog/10459615/wednesday-fire-safety-programming-tip-2-2-11 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459623/wednesday-fire-safety-program-tip/blog/10459623/wednesday-fire-safety-program-tip One of the things that I learned early on as an educator, was the importance ofknowing where to findfire related statistics. At the time, I wondered how this could be helpful, but it didnt take me long to realize that knowing the fire problem in my... Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:32:30 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459623/wednesday-fire-safety-program-tip/blog/10459623/wednesday-fire-safety-program-tip http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459638/upcoming-fire-safety-related-deadlines/blog/10459638/upcoming-fire-safety-related-deadlines Hello everyone! Hope that you are having a good 2011 so far! Wanted to share a couple of deadlines that are coming up in February, but before I do, wanted to mention that Siren, my 5 month old Dalmatian, is growing up so fast! Siren and I... Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:48:52 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459638/upcoming-fire-safety-related-deadlines/blog/10459638/upcoming-fire-safety-related-deadlines http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459645/arizona-fire-and-burn-educator-association-characterization-and-puppetry-camp-deadline-extended/blog/10459645/arizona-fire-and-burn-educator-association-characterization-and-puppetry-camp-deadline-extended Received word today that the Arizona Fire and Burn Educator Association is still taking registration for their characterization camp that will be held January 31 through February 3, 2011. You can take advantage of the early bird special if you sign up... Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:09:36 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459645/arizona-fire-and-burn-educator-association-characterization-and-puppetry-camp-deadline-extended/blog/10459645/arizona-fire-and-burn-educator-association-characterization-and-puppetry-camp-deadline-extended http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459654/home-safety-council-announces-expert-network-academy/blog/10459654/home-safety-council-announces-expert-network-academy Today the Home Safety Council announced the launch of the Expert Network Academy. On January 6, 2011, HSC will hold a webinar introducing a new fire and injury prevention training resource for the US fire service and safety advocates nationwide from... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:19:43 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459654/home-safety-council-announces-expert-network-academy/blog/10459654/home-safety-council-announces-expert-network-academy http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459670/free-materials-to-help-you-with-your-fire-safety-programming-this-holiday-season/blog/10459670/free-materials-to-help-you-with-your-fire-safety-programming-this-holiday-season Educators! I don't know about you, but the word "free" perks up these fire safety educator's ears big time! In my inbox today I received a note about NFPA's Project Holiday , and I have to tell you, Project Holiday is a great waytohelp... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:20:34 -0600 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459670/free-materials-to-help-you-with-your-fire-safety-programming-this-holiday-season/blog/10459670/free-materials-to-help-you-with-your-fire-safety-programming-this-holiday-season http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459733/upcoming-fire-safety-education-conferences/blog/10459733/upcoming-fire-safety-education-conferences One of the e-newsletters that I look forward to arriving in my inbox is Safety Source , NFPAs monthly public education e-newsletter.Fire Safety Educators can get the latest information on happenings in NFPAs public education division, Ready... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:51:17 -0500 http://www.firehouse.com/blog/10459733/upcoming-fire-safety-education-conferences/blog/10459733/upcoming-fire-safety-education-conferences