100 Activity Ideas for Fire Corps Volunteers
1.Perform home safety checks for residents using the Fire Corps Home Safety
Checklist.
2.Host a silent auction fundrair.
3.Install smoke alarms for at-risk residents in the community.
4.Paint hou numbers on curbs to increa visibility.
5.Plan a community BBQ at the department.
6.Give tours of the fire station.
7.Organize a children’s one-day safety camp and have activities to promote learning
of safety in all areas.
8.Promote Fire Prevention Week in October.
9.Distribute File of Life cards or magnets to the community.
10.Plan and execute fire safety skits for local schools and daycare centers.
11.Host a fundraising bake sale for the department.
12.Hang 1-800-FIRE-LINE posters in recreation centers, nior citizen centers,
gyms, and grocery stores.
蝴蝶公主13.Replace all incandescent light bulbs at the station with low-energy light bulbs.
14.Organize a haunted hou to benefit the nearest burn center.
15.Distribute flyers about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
16.Design a web site for the department.
17.Design a Fire Corps web page on the department’s web site.
18.Create a Facebook group for the Fire Corps program.
19.Plan a regular bingo fundraising night at the department and invite the
community.
20.Donate a few days and assist at a children’s burn camp.
21.Hang Smoking and Home Fires posters at your local community centers, gyms,
and grocery stores.
22.Host a fire station cleaning day.
23.Distribute flyers to inform citizens on how to asmble an emergency kit and
formulate an evacuation plan in the event of an approaching hurricane.
24.Sell wickless candles as a department fundrair.
25.Read well-acclaimed fire safety books to children at local elementary schools.
26.Host a CPR class for the teachers at local schools.
27.After snow falls, nd a team out to clear the sidewalks at the homes of nior
citizens in the community.
28.Make baskets with necessity items for fire victims.
29.Host a Babysitting Cour for interested teens, including infant and child CPR
and First Aid.
30.Distribute door hangers in neighborhoods, reminding residents to test their smoke
alarms monthly and to change the batteries yearly.
31.Survey community members to determine who has special needs and store the
information in a databa so the department can quickly and efficiently assist
residents in natural disasters.
32.Take ICS 100: Introduction to the Incident Command System for free online.万圣节送什么糖果
33.Take ICS 200: Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents for free online.
34.Take ICS 700.a: National Incident Management System Introduction for free
online.
35.Host a department open hou and show the Citizens Helping Fire and EMS
video.
36.Organize a community picnic at the station and provide games for the children.
37.Design a giant “Thank You” card, signed by community members, and prent to
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department on National First Responder Day (September 25).
38.Take photos at scheduled events or unusual calls and asmble a department
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scrapbook.
39.Asmble recent photographs of Fire Corps volunteers in action and nd to
****************** for the national office to u in publications.
40.After receiving training, host a car at safety day and have parents stop by the
station to ensure that their car ats are properly installed and cured.
41.Create a calendar with photos from the department and ll as a fundrair.
42.Organize a contest to have students at nearby schools submit a family fire escape
plan to be entered in a drawing to have a fire truck visit their class.
43.Decorate a float for your town’s parade and distribute fire safety information.
44.Solicit local business for donations to be given in appreciation to department
members on National First Responder Day (September 25).
45.Host a fundraising car wash.
46.Distribute Tornado Safety Tips magnets in your community.
47.Assist elderly community members with boarding up windows when a hurricane
is approaching.
48.Draft a profile of your Fire Corps program and email to ****************** to be
featured in an upcoming edition of the monthly Fire Corps E-update.
49.Host a fire extinguisher training class for local teachers.
50.Provide local colleges or universities with fire safety tip flyers to post in dorms
during Campus Safety Month (September).
51.Provide rehabilitation rvices for the department members during long calls.
52.Play the role of victims in the community’s mock disaster drills.
53.Organize a “healthy” desrt competition for your first responders. For recipe
ideas, have them visit the NVFC’s Heart-Healthy Firefighter Recipe Archive.
54.Install carbon monoxide detectors in homes in high-risk areas of your community.
55.Repaint fire hydrants to make them easier for first responders to locate.
56.When the weather starts to become hot, develop and distribute flyers about
preventing and identifying heat stroke.
57.Plant trees around the station, particularly on the west side, if possible, which will
help with cooling the building during hot weather.
58.Make Easter baskets for the children and adults at your nearest burn hospital.
59.Draft an article about your Fire Corps program’s recent event and email it to the
Fire Corps national office at ****************** for inclusion in the E-update. 60.Staff a recruitment table/booth at your town’s county fair, market days, or other
event.
61.Organize a fitness challenge with prizes for your department members.
62.Write fire safety tips in chalk on the sidewalks in your community (if permission
can be obtained) during Fire Safety Week (falls in October).
63.Organize an afternoon of games for children at hurricane evacuation centers.
64.Prepare a feast for the shift of first responders who have to work on Thanksgiving
Day.
65.Distribute flyers in December that describe how to recognize when it is time to
dispo of Christmas trees before they become a fire hazard.
66.Recognize a first responder at your department who has made improvements
toward a healthier lifestyle by sharing their success story with the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program.
67.Give the outside of the first station a new coat of paint.
68.Make hot chocolate and distribute to first responders during long calls in cold
weather.
69.Collect and place recycling bins next to the trash cans at the station.
70.Host a department open hou geared towards the ethnic communities in your
area.
71.Organize a 5k or other short race to rai funds for the department.
72.Have someone from the department dress as Santa Claus and let your
community’s children come visit and have their picture taken.
73.Collect stuffed animals to give to children who lo all their toys in fires.
74.Acquire surge protectors for all the electrical outlets at your station.
75.Organize a drive to collect necessity items for people involved in natural
disasters.
76.Take a cour in Search & Rescue.
77.Host an Easter egg hunt for area children and fill eggs with a mixture of candy
and simple safety messages.
78.Organize a Winter Blanket Drive to acquire blankets for the homeless in your
city.
79.Maintain the landscaping around the fire department.
80.Prior to the holidays, distribute information about holiday safety, including the
dangers of candles, dry Christmas trees, and cooking fires.
81.Collect new fire extinguishers and distribute them to homes, along with details on
when and how to u them.
82.Take refreshments to first responders who are on stand-by at local events such as
parades, festivals, or rodeos.
83.Host a trick-or-treating event at your fire station for neighborhood children.
84.Repaint the interior walls of the fire station.
85.Design a t-shirt or bumper sticker for community members showing their support
for the fire department and ll as a fundrair.
86.Collect donated items and host a live auction as a department fundrair.
87.Decorate the fire station with lights in December.
88.As a token of appreciation, wash all of your first responders’ personal vehicles on
National First Responder Day (September 25).
89.Collect dry Christmas trees at the station to dispo of safely.
90.Host a “Picture with a Firefighter Day” at the station and bring in area children to
meet firefighters, have their pictures taken, and nd safety information home with the caregivers.
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92.Organize a car maintenance day when the first responders bring in their personal
vehicles (that they usually respond in) to be checked out or prepped for the
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93.After a snowfall, shovel the sidewalks and driveways at the fire station.
94.For first responders who must work on Valentine’s Day, plan a special dinner
banquet at the station for them and their significant others.
95.When you know of department members who are sick or injured, prepare a
special dish and deliver it to their homes.
96.Modify the Home Safety Checklist for places such as day care centers or schools
and conduct safety inspections.
97.If you live in an area prone to wildfires, distribute pamphlets for houholds to
learn how to landscape and design the exterior of the home to increa safety. 98.Affix or hang hou numbers in a prominent location. For rural areas, this may be
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99.Create a packet that includes safety information relevant to your area (what to do
during earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides, floods, tornados, hurricanes, etc…) and distribute to realtors to share with new transplants to the region.
100. Host a children’s safety day and bring in organizations and practitioners of all kinds for booths to promote health and well-being of your community’s children (could include doctors, hospitals, dentists, etc…).
