Free Courses

This interactive self-paced learning course prepares firefighters and other fire department presenters to teach Sound Off with the Home Fire Safety Patrol*, a program for 2^nd and 3^rd graders. Learners will access free Sound Off videos, activity sheets, lesson plans, and materials for grown-ups at home as part of the course.

•  HEAR from Sound Off users
• WATCH the 4 Videos
• PRINT the Lesson Plans
• DISCOVER high-home fire risk factors
• LEARN how Sound Off is CRR in ACTION
• SEE how Sound Off opens doors in a case study
• COMPLETE the course
• PASS the quiz (with an 88% score)
• PRINT your certificate

*Sound Off with the Home Fire Safety Patrol is 3 activities to teach children and their families the sounds smoke alarms make, how to respond to these sounds, how to create a home escape map and have a home fire drill as well as learning to prevent the six leading causes of home fires. Sound Off targets high home fire risk student and their families.

Links to the Sound Off materials in English and Spanish are always available at https://ymiclassroom.com/sound-off-teams/

Funded since 2014 by Fire Prevention and Safety Grants to the Michigan Public Health Institute from the US Department of Homeland Security/FEMA.