Burn and Fire Prevention

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Burn and Fire Prevention in the Child Care Environment

• Install and regularly check smoke detectors. Check batteries frequently.
• Keep a fire extinguisher on hand, know how to use it and refill it immediately after each use.
• Do not allow children in cooking areas without supervision. Teach them that there are areas of the facilities that are “off-limits” for play and exploration.
• Do not drink or carry anything hot near a child.
• Keep hot foods and drinks away from the edge of tables and counters. Do not leave them on a tablecloth that a child can grab.
• Use the rear burners for cooking. Turn the handles of pots towards the rear or center of the stove.
• Test hot food before giving it to a child. This includes food from a microwave oven.
• Never warm bottles in a microwave oven.
• Put barriers around fireplaces, radiators and hot pipes.
• Teach children to stay away from hot things and not to play with matches, lighters, chemicals and electric equipment.
• Plan a fire escape route and practice it. Train children how to properly respond to a fire (they should know the sound of a smoke alarm, two ways out of every room, how stop, drop and roll, etc.)
• Never use portable, open flame or space heaters.
• Use safety devices to cover electrical outlets. Avoid overloading electrical wiring.
• Lower the temperature of your hot water heater to 120° F or lower. Always check the water temperature before placing your child in the tub. Supervise children in the tub.
• Store matches, lighters, chemicals and other hazardous items out of the reach of children. Check for fire and burn dangers, and make the necessary changes.  

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1. Course Agenda
2. Health and Safety​
3. Preventing Injuries
4. ​Safety Regulations (1/11)
5. Hazards (2/11)
6. Risk of Injury
7. Developmental Age (3/11)
8. Safety Policies​
9. Safe or Unsafe (4/11)​
10. Hazard Analysis (5/11)​
11. ​Supervise the Children

12. Staff Ratios (6/11)
13. ​Regular Safety Checks
14. Burns and Fire
15. Burn and Fire Prevention
16. Hot Liquid Burns (7/11)
17. ​Strangulation & Suffocation
18. Falls
19. Poisoning
20. Poisoning can be Prevented
21. ​Drowning
22. ​Emergency Procedures

​23. Emergency Experiences (8/11)
​24. First Aid
25. Minor Injuries (9/11)
26. Disaster Preparedness
27. Emergency Preparedness (10/11)
28. Missing Child
29. Authorized Persons
30. After the Emergency
31. End of Course Quiz (11/11)
32. Evaluation Form
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