Fire Safety House

The Fire Safety House was built in 1989 by members of the Hurst Fire Department. The Fire Safety House is used during Fire Prevention Week to let kids practice Fire Safety in the home. The Fire Safety House is also used during the Fire Department Open House each year in October.

The Hurst Fire Department visits each elementary school in Hurst during Fire Prevention Week. Shift personnel demonstrate and lecture to over 4000 students each year about home fire safety. Each student from kindergarten through 6th grade has the opportunity for training and lecture on Home Fire Safety, and a guided tour inside the Fire Safety House.

Part of the training is how to get out of a smoke filled room or house. How to crawl low to safety, safely exit the home, and find a safe meeting place after exiting the home. The training also covers locations for Smoke Detectors in the home, the difference between tools and toys, kitchen safety, and the dangers of playing with matches, lighters and cigarettes.

The Fire Safety House is used all during the year by special request from Civic Groups, Churches, Schools, and by other cities in the area. This is an excellent tool for teaching kids, as well as adults, about home fire safety.