Educational resources

Fire and Rescue NSW encourages a local partnership among firefighters, teachers, students, parents and community groups to work to actively reduce the incidence and impact of fire and related traumas across NSW.

School programs

Children have limited capacity to understand the risks and consequences of fire, and to react promptly and rationally to fire. This lack of knowledge and awareness puts children at risk of misusing fire or being harmed by fire.

Fire safety education for children is the first line of defence against misuse of fire and fire fatalities and injuries. Prevention through education is the single most modifiable strategy that fire services can implement to reduce the risk of fire to children.

Access to supportive materials such as lesson plans, worksheets and other resources are available here. Learn more here.

Youth Fire Intervention Program

This program teaches young people and their households important fire safety knowledge and skills to reduce the risk of misuse of fire.

Learn about the program here

For social and health services

An online learning module is available to improve home fire safety for people who are at higher risk from fire.

Learn about the E-Learning Module here

For community services workers

Basic home fire safety information is now included in the qualifications for a range of community services workers.

Learn about the Basic Home Fire Safety Training

Safety Visits

A Safety Visit assists people to reduce their risk of an accidental fire in the home and to safely escape in the event of a fire occurring.

Learn more our Safety Visits Program here.