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With the increasing need to spread awareness about fire safety, the Directorate of Fire Services, Goa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Directorate of Education under the programme titled ‘Safer School Safer India’. The programme aims to spread awareness about fire safety in primary schools and was unveiled at the hands of Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. This is a joint initiative taken up by the Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Directorate of Education (State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and Underwriter Laboratories (India).
The concept of Safer School Safer India foresees an intention to build a safer India to safeguard children and teach them how to stay safe. This intensive campaign aims to enhance the level of awareness in primary school children and through them the families. Fire safety education is to be included as part of the school curriculum with at least one period a week dedicated to this purpose. The training module is designed to create interest in children by involving them in activities that will encourage them to learn about fire prevention and safety. “The main intention of targeting students of standard I to IV is to teach them about disaster management and fire safety measures as they are young. Besides that we have also undertaken the project to train teachers so that they can share their knowledge about fire safety with the children,” says director of fire and emergency services, Ashok Menon.
Topics of the training module conducted for teachers are Module A – Good Fire and Bad Fire and Module B – Fire Triangle. Topics also depicted the 4P’s – preventing an accident, protecting oneself from fire, planning an escape and practicing being safety smart. The module which is a combination of various modes of learning is aimed to be effective among children through a strong mode visually, retreating through audio, visuals, worksheets and interactions.
In the first phase of this programme in 2015, ‘Training of Trainers’ was imparted to 46 primary school teachers from 27 schools of Tiswadi by the department. The training included various aspects of fire safety which was also provided in software to enable them to carry the training at their respective schools. To observe the implementation of safer schools, an evaluation was conducted early this year. “As of now all the schools have been cooperative. The teachers and schools should respond positively to this initiative. Hence in the long run we can achieve successful results,” says Menon.
To further provide clarity on the roles and responsibilities of the participants a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between, director of education, Gajanan Bhat and vice president, public safety mission, Underwriter Laboratories, R A Venkitachalm.
SOURCE: Navhind times
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