Burning ambition of safety rangers
It’s safety first for kids from east and north east Leeds as a scheme that aims to get them all fired up about looking after themselves returns.
East North East Homes Leeds (ENEHL) will again this year be working in partnership with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to help children from schools around east Leeds to qualify as Safety Rangers through the Schools Fire Safety Rangers schemes at Gipton and Moortown Fire Stations.
All Year Five pupils from 24 primary schools in east Leeds will attend these events, when they will come to the station for a fully interactive half-day session.
At the sessions they work their way around up to seven scenarios devised by various agencies: The West Yorkshire Police session teaches them about weapons awareness; British Transport Police talk about railway safety; Leeds City Council's Environmental Health Nurses discuss dangers in the home; West Yorkshire Fire Service have a bedroom fire scenario; East North East Homes Leeds advise on criminal damage types and their effects on the local community; ASDA educates them about healthy eating.
The scheme is one of the few in the country that is nationally accredited by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and Learning About Safety by Experiencing Risk (LASER)
Angelena Fixter, chair of the East North East Homes board, said:
“We’re delighted to be working in partnership with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service again this year so children can understand the dangers of fire while learning how to deal with and avoid these hazards. The innovative and exciting approach of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service to educate children in this area is very effective and we are pleased to be involved.”
Click on the link on the right to download the Fire Safety Press Release from the Leeds City Council website