Almost half of child fire deaths are among children age 4 or younger, making them an important audience for fire prevention and education. If you've ever visited a preschool classroom to discuss fire safety or met with older toddlers during community outreach activities, you know they can be a tough crowd to reach.
That's why the U.S. Fire Administration has collaborated with Sesame Workshop on the Sesame Street® Fire Safety Program for preschool kids. The program shows educators how to empower children ages 3 to 5 with essential fire safety information and skills that can make a big difference in case of an emergency.
The program includes easy-to-use lessons, games and activities to help reinforce important fire safety messages, as well as show children what to do if there's a fire and ways to prevent fires from starting. Children's lovable, furry Sesame Street friends will help engage children each step of the way! By sharing this information while children are young, you instill lifelong fire safety habits!

Fire departments, order Sesame Street materials for your community.
Quantity limits apply.
The Sesame Street Fire Safety Program curriculum for preschoolers is available in both English and Spanish. The curriculum includes an educator's guide for teachers, a CD of songs and stories, a family guide, a coloring and activity booklet, and a poster.
Other audiences
If you are not a member of a fire department, you can still access the free download files below.
The files below can be reproduced by your organization.
Wildfires: Color and learn.
Contains easy-to-use lessons, games and activities for teachers.
Songs and stories
Recordings of the English and Spanish songs and stories included in the Sesame Street program.
Song/Story | Listen | Download | Script |
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Hot Things Burn | MP3 2:34 | Read | |
Cool Water | MP3 2:21 | Read | |
Elmo's Smoke Alarm | MP3 1:01 | Read | |
Get Out! Stay Out! | MP3 1:32 | Read | |
Elmo's Fire Drill | MP3 1:41 | Read | |
Telly Learns What's Hot | MP3 6:46 | Read | |
A Fire Drill, A Fire Drill | MP3 3:33 | Read | |
Firefighter Ruthie | MP3 7:11 | Read | |
Las cosas calientes queman | MP3 2:28 | Read | |
Gatea, sal y no vuelvas a entrar | MP3 2:22 | Read | |
La alarma de humo de Elmo | MP3 1:01 | Read | |
Juguemos a caliente a frío | MP3 7:18 | Read | |
María la bombero | MP3 5:27 | Read | |
Sal y no vuelvas a entrar | MP3 6:21 | Read |
Wildfires: Color and Learn
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