Community-Based Fire Management (CBFiM)

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CBFiM - Children

Wildfire can affect all sectors of society, from the elderly through to young children. Children are extremely vulnerable to wildfire and fire-related natural disaster and global statistics consistently demonstrate that children constitute a significant percentage of wildfire victims, in terms of fatalities or injuries. The need to educate children about wildfire is extremely pressing. Below are a selection of resources relating to children and wildfire.
 
          

          Resources
 

Wildfire and Youth – Raising of Public Awareness on the Ecological Effects of Forest Fires and on Forest Fire Prevention (JPG, 0.4 MB)

Fire – Friend or Enemy? Poster Working on Fire, South Africa (JPG, 4 MB)

Firewise Activity Book Working on Fire, South Africa (PDF,  5 MB)

Firewise Teacher's Guide Working on Fire, South Africa (PDF, 4 MB)

• 'Here for Each Other' - Information booklet to help young children and their parents who have experienced an emergency or natural disaster. Created by Sesame Street and adapted by the Victorian Department of Education (PDF, 3.2 MB)
   
• Plan International Report 'Child-Centred Disaster Reduction: Building Resilience Through Participation' (PDF, 1.3 MB)
   
• Australian Red Cross Factsheet 'How to Talk to Children in Emergencies: Parent's Guide'
  (PDF, 161 KB)
   
• ABC Local Radio, Australia - Interview with Dr Susie Burke 'Disaster management for children'
  (MP3, 7.8 MB)
   
• 'Psychosocial Correlates of Fire Disaster Among Children and Adolescents' (Jones, R.T., Ribbe, D.P. and Cunningham, P., Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1994) (PDF, 263 KB)
   
• 'Posttraumatic Phenomena in a Longitudinal Study of Children Following a Natural Disaster' (McFarlane, A.C.,  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 26, No.5, 1987)
  (PDF, 496 KB)
   
• 'Fire and Children: Learning Survival Skills' (Block, J. H, USDA Forest Service Research Paper, 1976) (PDF, 481 KB)
   
• Il bosco e il fuoco (> bambini) (Corpo Forestale delle Stato, Italy) (PDF, 03. MB)
  
  
  Media
  
  
   
• Australia: Black Saturday: Bushfire children face 'toughest year' (published by www.northernweekly.com.au, 07 May 2012)
  
   
• USA: Arson Awareness Week meant to draw attention to children who play with fire (published by http://news-herald.com, 06 May 2012)
   
• USA: Firewise kids (published by www.dailytidings.com, 04 May 2012)
   
• Australia: Children and young people have different needs to adults (published by www.onlineopinion.com.au, 02 May) 2012
   

• Australia: Fire children's support (published by www.margaretrivermail.com.au, 02 May 2012)
   

• Australia: “Harden up Kids” – how to prepare children to cope with disasters: http://hardenup.org/harden-up-kids.aspx
   

• USA: Poster winners honored; CAL FIRE gives awards to fourth-graders (published by www.visaliatimesdelta.com, 05 May 2011)
   

• Australia: Elmo, Big Bird lend a hand (published by www.smh.com.au, 25 August 2011)
   

• USA: First-grade class celebrates winning fire safety poster contest with pizza party (published by www.dcourier.com, 26 March 2011)
   

• Australia: Tuning in to traumatised kids (published by www.whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au, 09 March 2011)
   

• USA: Students fight fire and work with national organization (published by www.thepinelog.com, 24 February 2011)
   

• Australia: Children and disasters (published by www.media-newswire.com, 21 January 2011)
   
• Australia: How to Help Kids Cope with Disaster: Ten Tips from Save the Children (published by www.psychology.org.au, 11 January 2011)
   
• Australia: How to Help Kids Cope with Disaster: Ten Tips from Save the Children (published by www.psychology.org.au, 11 January 2011)
   
• United Nations: Join us on 13 October 2011 for the International Day for Disaster Reduction. Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction! This year it's about CHILDREN and YOUNG PEOPLE as partners for Disaster Risk Reduction! (published by www.unisdr.org/2011/iddr/, October 2011)
   
• Australia: Bushfire-prone schools plan for 'catastrophic' blazes (published by www.theherald.com.au, 27 February 2012)
   
• USA: Smokey helps children learn fire safety (published by www.recorderonline.com, 19 March 2012)
   
• USA: Parents’ liability limited when kids start fires (published by www.rapidcityjournal.com, 19 March 2012)

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