Fire Protection Services

The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:

  • Content Knowledge—You will describe the roles and responsibilities of fire protection services.
  • Inquiry—You will conduct online research, in which you will collect information.
  • 21stCentury Skills—You will employ online tools for research and analysis, apply creativity and innovation, communicate effectively, assess and validate information, and independently raise questions.

Directions

You will evaluate these activities yourself. Please save this document before beginning the lesson and keep the document open for reference during the lesson. Type your answers directly in this document for all activities.

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Self-CheckedActivities

Read the instructions for the following activities and type in your responses. At the end of the lesson, click the link to open the Student Answer Sheet. Use the answers or sample responses to evaluate your own work.

  1. Interviewing a Firefighter

Create a questionnaire and interview a firefighter that you know, orvisit a local fire station and interview a firefighter there. In your interview, ask about the skills and training required for a career in firefighting, career growth, and experiences on the job.

Type your response here:

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How did you do? Check a box below.

Nailed It!—Iincludedall of the same ideas as the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.

Halfway There—I included most of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.

Not Great—I did not include any of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.

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  1. Non-Firefighting Careers

Select any non-firefighting career. Research the career and describe what it entails. Your answer should include information about the skills and training required for the selected career, the roles and responsibilities that the career entails, and career growth opportunities.

Type your response here:

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How did you do? Check a box below.

Nailed It!—Iincludedall of the same ideas as the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.

Halfway There—I included most of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.

Not Great—I did not include any of the ideas in the model response on the Student Answer Sheet.

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