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Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Community Safety Initiatives

As part of its commitment to community safety and fire prevention, the Queensland Fire and Rescue Authority (QFRS) has undertaken a series of public education initiatives.

These programs will be accelerated, with a focus on ‘at risk’ target groups, such as the elderly, young children, low socio-economic groups, Indigenous Australians and people from non-English speaking backgrounds.

More information on community safety initiatives is available on the QFRS website: www.fire.qld.gov.au

Fire Ed

Fire Ed is a professionally prepared education program for Year One students and provides important fire safety lessons. The program involves firefighters visiting schools and teaching fire education and has great potential to effectively reach more people as children pass the messages along to family and friends.

See more information at www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/freeprograms/fireed.asp

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Safehome

Safehome is one of QFRS’s premier community safety initiatives and enables members of the community to receive life-saving information in their homes. As part of the program, firefighters inspect a home and advise on the best location for smoke alarms, assist in the formulation of a home evacuation plan and address the specific needs of householders such as the correct and safe storage of cleaners, paints and oils. Safehome is available free of charge.

Call 13 QGOV (13 7468) during office hours to arrange an Safehome visit.

See more information at www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/freeprograms/safehome.asp

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Fight Fire Fascination (FFF) Program

This program’s prime role is to provide and implement an intervention strategy with the support of family and community to eliminate the incidence of fires started by juveniles.

This program is vital in the prevention of fires as juvenile fire setting is one of the top five causes of structural fire in Queensland and one of the major causes of grass and bush fires.

See more information at www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/freeprograms/fff.asp

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Sustained Fire Safety in Communities Project

This project will examine community development as a factor in enhancing fire safety and is funded through the Department of Housing’s Community Renewal Program.

A goal of the project is to produce a collaborative approach to community safety between the QFRS and the community. This pilot project is currently being delivered in the Woodridge, Inala and Garbutt areas only.

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Seniors Fire Ed

The Seniors Fire Ed program is delivered by retired firefighters and provides fire safety information to the elderly in the community. Statistics show older people, along with the very young, are most at risk of dying in residential fires.

Foster a Firefighter Program
This program establishes a permanent link between firefighters from local fire stations and the school community. Schools foster a firefighter who then becomes the link for all QFRS activities within that school, delivering fire and general safety messages.

For details, contact your local fire station.

See more information at www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/freeprograms/seniors.asp

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Smoke Alarm Kit

An innovative smoke alarm kit produced by the QFRS aims to educate property owners and tenants on a number of key fire safety issues, to reduce the number of fires and fire deaths that occur in rental properties.

The kit includes an instructive CD-Rom and an awareness booklet and has been distributed to fire stations, community safety officers, real estate agents, members of Queensland’s Property Owners Association, Tenants Union, Safety in Residential Dwellings Taskforce and other Government departments.

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Road Awareness and Accident Prevention (RAAP) Program

The RAAP program is designed to prevent and reduce road accident injuries and fatalities in young people by giving Year 12 students a hard-hitting look at the realities of road accident trauma. The program involves firefighters visiting schools and delivering the program to students aged between 15 and 18 years of age.

See more information at www.fire.qld.gov.au/communitysafety/freeprograms/raap.asp

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