Youth Team

The mission of the Youth Team is to educate the youth of Philadelphia regarding fire safety. The team conducts yearly fire safety assemblies in schools, instructing students in basic practices and procedures.

The Youth Team reinforces our message through varied initiatives as follows: Baffy Bunny Fire Prevention Easter Contest, Fire Safety Day Camp, the Drama Contest with the assistance of the Department of Recreation, the Heisley and C.A.P.A. Poster Contests, the City Wide Essay Contests, Junior Fire Patrol activities, and achievement for Boy and Girl Scouts Firemanship Merit Badges.

Institutional Team

In line with its mission, this team, through fire safety and prevention education, helps protect the lives of people working and living in institutions, such as hospitals, nursing homes and day care facilities.

Year-round, this team trains, retrains, and educates employees in hospitals, nursing and old age homes, and those in community living arrangements within the mental health/ mental retardation community in every aspect of fire safety and procedures.

High Rise Team

The High Rise Team's mission is to survey High Rise Buildings. After consultation with the building's management and maintenance personnel, the High Rise Team develops evacuation procedures best suited for those occupancies.

Firestopper's Program

The Juvenile Firestopper's Program is designed to provide early intervention and recognition of curiosity, experimental, or behavioral fire setting problems in young children.

This service is provided free of charge and administered in the privacy of the family's home with the parent/guardian and child. The family is provided with a fire safety education packet and is given follow-up evaluations when necessary. Where more serious emotional problems exits, the assistance of Mental Health Professionals is recommended.