Equipping ECD teachers with knowledge of fire safety
WOF has been working with pre-schools in fire-prone areas since 2015 and its workshops play a key role in fire prevention, in turn also educating families and the broader community about the issue.
Teachers from 10 early childhood development centres in the district recently attended a valuable fire safety workshop in Groutville.
The workshop was presented by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire (WOF) programme in partnership with Shoprite South Africa.
The purpose of this initiative is to take fire safety education directly to day care centres and equip teachers with the necessary skills to use and teach their colleagues and pupils about fire safety.
Training officer Bongumusa Nyathi said the teachers were taught practical safety and fire prevention skills such as how to identify fire hazards, extinguish different types of fires, practice fire drills, establish fire escape plans for their centres and successfully evacuate during a fire while waiting for professional help.
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