The department has been approached by the school superintendentabout starting a Fire and Life Safety Education Program for allgrades, K-12. As the fire inspector, this project will fall underyour responsibility. The superintendent has asked that you submityour program plan in writing so that it can be reviewed anddiscussed at the next school board meeting. If your plan isapproved, the program will begin the next school year. However,there are budget constraints, and several members of the schoolboard feel like there are more important areas and programs thatneed funding.

You are to create a plan for a Fire and Life Safety EducationProgram. Given the circumstances with some of the school boardmembers, your plan should begin with a summary of a comprehensiveoverview of general fire safety for occupied buildings. You shouldalso demonstrate rationale for the general fire safety provisionsas methods of fire protection. Let them know how important thisprogram is through the short-term and long-term benefits tostudents and to the community as a whole. Also, be sure to includethe following:

• goals for the program,
• organization of grades (Will you group some grades?),
• a broad outline of the topics to be taught,
• broad details of any special events/activities, and
• a plan to keep the program going, year after year. (Willcertain grades be taught certain topics each year so that, asstudent progress, they learn new things?)

Your response must be at least two pages in length, in APAstyle. All sources used, including the textbook, must bereferenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanyingAPA citations. The title and reference pages are not included inthe page-count requirement.