Fire Kills - you can prevent it

Fire Kills

Key Stage 3: Teaching Material Contents

flame National Curriculum

flame Fire Safety Themes and Learning Objectives


How to use this resource

The contents and how to use it.

Part 1: Introduction to the characters

A fire is accidentally started in a school waste bin.

Part 2: Time on their hands

The group talk about the accidental fire, then try to find something to do – including starting a fire deliberately or making a hoax call.

Part 3: Let's do it

For this part, there is a choice of options on the film:

  • option A: making a hoax call;
  • option B: starting a deliberate fire.

Extension Activity

PDF Witness Box – Chat show Activity (PDF, 309KB) (opens new window)
A drama based activity which uses the 'chat show' format to allow pupils to explore the consequences of arson or hoax calls.

Windows media player Heat of the moment – Hoax call (.mpg, 49MB)

PDF Download entire programme (PDF, 1MB) (opens new window)

Additional links

Rapid Fire game
Take the Fire Kills challenge

Test your reactions and take the Fire Kills challenge