Burn Prevention and Education
The majority of child burns occur in the home. Most of these injuries could have been prevented by awareness and burn prevention education. Children's Burn Foundation is dedicated to reducing these needless tragedies through the education of parents, caregivers and children on lifesaving burn and fire prevention skills.
Safety Smart Babies, L.A.Troupe, and Safety Smart Programs all educate individuals who are able to influence and reduce child burn risks. Those programs offer critical burn and fire prevention messages and resources to parents, caregivers, children, teens and their families. Read more about these programs below!
To schedule Safety Smart Babies at your location or to learn more, please call (818) 907-2822 or email burnprevention@childburn.org
Safety Smart Babies
Are you expecting a baby or do you work with parents of newborns? Safety Smart Babies for expecting and new parents, raises awareness of burn dangers to infants and teaches prevention skills. This program is available in English and Spanish at maternity events, new parent groups, childbirth classes and pediatrician offices. Health fairs and baby showers and can be customized to meet your needs.
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We also partner with hospital maternity units to offer a free burn prevention checklist and an infant bath thermometer to all new parents upon discharge and well baby visits.
L.A. Troupe
L.A. Troupe is a highly inventive theatrical group that teaches young children life-saving fire safety and burn prevention skills in person and online. Children learn to crawl low under smoke, check doors for heat, locate safety spots, test smoke detectors monthly, and to never play with matches.
Children are entranced by the story of Scatterbrained Wanda, who hopes to make her house "fire-safe" for inspection by the fire marshal, Inspector Danger. Using frequent repetition, call-outs to the audience, and extensive audience participation, students help Wanda make her home fire-safe while experiencing how to make their own home and families safe from burns.
This lively, engaging program is providing innovative, interactive fire safety and prevention performances for elementary school children, kindergarten through 3rd grade, in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Glendale, South Pasadena, Ventura County, Riverside County and Orange County School School districts.
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Currently, due to Covid-19 and social distancing, programs have pivoted to an online platform, with children still able to access this much needed education in the classroom through virtual field trips.
Over one million children have been reached to date through this innovative program!​
To schedule LA Troupe Safety Smart at your location or to learn more, please call (818) 907-2822
or email burnprevention@childburn.org
Safety Smart Programs
To schedule a Safety Smart Program at your location or to learn more, please call (818) 907-2822 or email burnprevention@childburn.org
Children under the age of five are at a greater risk for burn injuries than any other age group. Safety Smart Programs offer essential burn prevention tips to parents and caregivers of young children. Tailored variations of these programs are also available for health fairs, drive-through events, schools, child advocacy staff, teens, and children themselves.
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These programs are delivered in-person at preschools, primary schools, Head Start programs, parenting classes, and various venues across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, and San Bernardino Counties. They are also available virtually for anyone, anywhere! Offered in both English and Spanish, all Safety Smart Programs and materials are provided completely free of charge.
