Eastbourne school children learn to stay safe with the fire service

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service usually holds the Safety in Action event for year six students to raise their awareness of safety as they move on to secondary school and develop greater independence.

This year the event has gone virtual due to Covid restrictions.

The fire service has been encouraging schools and parents who are home schooling to make use of the online resources.

In addition to the usual information on fire safety and first aid, the service has recently posted new resources about staying safe on the internet, while cycling, in water, at railways and on the road.

Sophie Hepworth, from the community safety team, said, “During the pandemic children are more likely to cycle and use the internet.

“So it’s a great time to use our resources to help ensure they stay safe when carrying out these activities.

“We hope these resources will continue to be used to teach life-saving information to children across East Sussex.”

According to the service thousands of children have already benefited from the resources and it has received positive feedback.

Many children have also designed posters incorporating the safety messages they have learned and emailed them back to the service.

The posters are then displayed on the fire service online gallery and will be shown at events when they start running again.

The service say that children should keep sending their pictures in to [email protected]