Research & Development

The staff at NFSC has researched and created an extensive, well-rounded selection of fire safety educational materials and related services to be made available to children and their parents. NFSC makes its programs and materials available to schools through local fire departments nationwide. Fire departments are dedicated to helping educate school-aged children and the general public about fire and burn prevention and life safety.

NFSC is able to produce the most comprehensive fire safety educational materials in the world.

Our research and development department, consisting of experienced educators, qualified writers, artists, printers, and other skilled craftsmen make up the staff at NFSC. With the help of consultants and experts in the field of fire and burn prevention and life safety, this staff is able to create hundreds of various teaching materials, including games, books, songs, stickers, and bumper stickers, all created and printed at our national headquarters. Children of all ages and their parents are considered in our endeavor to teach preventive methods for safe living.

We maintain a sizable reference library. Efforts have been made to compile and provide current and authoritative information that is educationally correct, age appropriate, and appealing to children.

NFSC’s philosophy of fire safety education is to use only positive teaching theories. No scare tactics or negative teaching theories are used. The educational materials that NFSC produces are researched, created, and developed by a qualified in-house full-time professional staff at National Fire Safety Council. Each piece of material is evaluated by the firefighters, teachers, and/or principals who implement the programs locally. The 150 materials cover a wide range of subjects through various teaching materials ranging from brochures and 24-page safety manuals to puppets, songs, and color sheets. Our techniques for presenting fire safety education are constantly being researched and updated.