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Children's Fire Literacy

This LibGuide is for firefighters and adults who want to introduce topics of fire safety, fire history, firefighting as career, and fires in fiction to children. It contains books, discussion questions, and tips for presenting firefighters.

Getting Kids Interested in Firefighting

What do firefighters do? Why would I want to become a firefighter one day? These are questions that kids may ask themselves as they learn more about firefighting. Through fiction and non-fiction, the following titles introduce kids to what it means to be a firefighter, the tools that firefighters use, how they respond to fires, and their day-to-day life to get them interested in the fire service.

Pre-K through Kindergarten

Grades 1-3

Grades 4-6

Grades 7-12