Bonfire Night and Hallowe’en The Fire Triangle and Fire Safety Advice

It’s a good idea to know how a fire starts, then you can stop it happening or getting bigger and out of control.

We can show how a fire is made by using a FIRE TRIANGLE.

Label this fire triangle; the words you need are all mixed up, unjumble them and put them in each part of the fire triangle:

1. XYGNOE 2. HTAE 3. FLEU

Fill in the gaps with these missing words to understand what the fire triangle is: Firefighters oxygen prevent heat stop three fuel

 The fire triangle has three parts; ______, ______and ______.  All ______must be present for a fire to happen.  ______have to learn about the fire triangle so they know how to put out a fire.  You need to know about the fire triangle so you know how to ______a fire from starting

 We can ______a fire starting or put a fire out by removing one of the parts of the Fire Triangle.

One of the parts of a fire triangle is always around us; what is it called? ______

Circle all the items that could be a fuel and help the fire burn: ice-cream wood paper water fabric cake oil chocolate Circle all the items where the heat could come from (this is called a heat source): cigarette pen barbecue campfire mobile phone shoes sun bicycle

How does Stop Drop and Roll show how the Fire Triangle works?

Bonfire Night and Hallowe’en The Fire Triangle and Fire Safety Advice

These words are all to do with bonfire night and Halloween some are nouns, some verbs and some adjectives. Do you know which is which?

Find them in the word search .

s p a r k l e r d e v b b n a n d s c a r y o o pets exciting u s o m e e r s n e b n bonfire scary c f i r e v t f i r u f pumpkin noisy k e h a n o d r k e r i candle fire e o s c u l e s p e n r tealight hot t e a l i g h t m r v e firework burn e x c i t i n g u i c e c a n d l e h e p e t s gloves sparkler b e s a f e l n o i s y indoors bucket i n d o o r s l f u n o be safe fun b e e p k r o w e r i f

What fire safety advice would you for Bonfire Night and Hallowe’en? Match the phrases (1 – 10) with the phrases (a – j) to makes a sentence that gives that advice. Write them out in full and make a Bonfire Night, Firework or Hallowe’en fire safety poster.

Example: 2 and h = Don’t play with fireworks or fire.

1 Children should not be a then stop, drop and roll. 2 Don’t play with b sparkler or firework at a time. 3 If a fire gets out of control c left alone with fireworks, fire or sparklers. 4 If clothing catches fire d indoors on Bonfire Night and Hallowe'en. 5 Keep your pets e house, shed, fences or overhanging trees. 6 Make bonfires away from your f holding a sparkler. 7 Make sure bonfires g handle and light fireworks 8 Only grown-ups should h fireworks or fire. 9 Only light one i don’t touch the end; it's still very hot. 10 Stand well back from fire and fireworks j call 999. 11 Wear gloves when k are put out properly after use. 12 When a sparkler goes out, l and hold sparklers at arms length.