First Grade Curriculum

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The Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District offers a 30-minute age appropriate program designed to teach first grade students about common fire hazards and make themselves, and their families, safer.

First Grade Lesson Plans (pdf)

Smoke Alarms Save Lives
This lesson explains the role smoke alarms play in alerting people to fire situations. Students participate in a quiz session to test their knowledge of smoke alarms and smoke alarm maintenance.

Home Fire Escape Plans
This lesson discusses the techniques used to escape from a home fire. Students will learn how to design their own escape plan; then students will put the concept to practice by participating in our "fire escape obstacle course." With the help of firefighters, students will start on a "bed" and wake to the sound of the smoke alarm. From there, the student will crawl low through the "smoke tunnel" to the "bedroom door." Feeling the door with the back of their hand and finding the door "hot," students will then climb out the "bedroom window" towards safety, finishing up at the "family meeting place."