Fire & Life Safety Education

CPR and Stop the Bleed Classes
AFMA is focused on training area residents to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automatic external defibrillator (AED) when a co-worker, friend or loved one is choking or has stopped breathing.

Fire & Injury Prevention Program
Some of these subject areas include how to prevent falls in the home, evacuation drills, kitchen fire safety and how to be weather wise.

Motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 cause of unintentional death among children ages 1 to 19 in the United States (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Of the children ages 12 years and younger who died in a crash in 2014, 34% were not buckled up. Many more were improperly restrained (Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).

According to Safe Kids Worldwide (PDF)

• When installed and used correctly, child safety seats and safety belts can prevent injuries and save lives. Child safety seats can reduce fatal injury by up to 71 percent for infants and 54 percent for toddlers (ages 1 to 4).
• It is estimated that 263 children were saved due to restraint use in 2013 alone.
• From 1975 through 2013, an estimated 10,421 lives were saved by child safety seats or adult seat belts for children ages 4 and under.
• In 2011, 98 percent of caregivers of children ages 8 and under used restraints when transporting their children. Almost half of these caregivers did not use the restraint correctly, which reduces the protection provided in the event of a crash.
• Only 32 percent of caregivers using rear-facing convertible car seats are very confident that they are using them correctly (in a manner which would save their child’s life during a crash).
  
  

AFMA offers child safety seat inspections for residents who are interested in having their child safety seats inspected/installed by a certified passenger safety seat technician. Inspection dates are listed on the home page calendar and are scheduled monthly on specific dates/times at specific locations. No appointments are necessary. Click here to view the calendar on the home page. For more information pertaining to AFMA's Child Car Safety Seat Programs, please contact the Community Risk Management Division at 623-544-5400.

Although the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority does not endorse or assume any liability for any service over another, the following providers offer car seat rentals and installations.

Playing With Fire...A Dangerous Game!
Everyone in the community, including parents, fire and police departments, teachers, churches and the medical community need to get involved to help our youth who are setting fires. Curiosity about fire is natural for children, but setting fires is not.

AFMA encourages parents to call us for help immediately if you have or know of a child that is experimenting with fire and accelerants. A free program to educate youth in a safe, private, one-on-one environment is offered to kids up to age 17. This program is designed to deter and educate children about the dangers of fire play before problems reach a point that result in intentional firesetting. Participants will learn about the meaning of arson along with its consequences and legal implications.

Some Signs Parents Should Look for to Spot Fire Play: