Date Approved
7-20-2023
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education-Educational Leadership (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
Education Leadership & Counseling
First Advisor
Cathy Meyer-Looze
Second Advisor
Rick VanderMolen
Academic Year
2022/2023
Abstract
Research shows that when adolescents are introduced to fire prevention and safety education at an early age, the incidents of adolescent accidental, curiosity, and attention-seeking fires are significantly reduced. However, in most areas throughout the country, practices providing such education have either become very limited and/or discontinued all together. This project aims to explore the benefits of adolescent fire prevention and safety education practices while encouraging the revitalization of and reinstatement of fire safety programs. The project also rallies for an initialization of the community group dynamic for prevention of adolescent fire starting and fire play. Additionally, the project outlines program improvements and recommendations for the future affording relevant information for community wide buy in.
ScholarWorks Citation
Eller, Lisa J., "An Examination of the Importance of Fire Prevention and Safety Education" (2023). Culminating Experience Projects. 334.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/334
