Before using this whiteboard activity, confirm that there are no students with a sensitivity to loud noises.

Test your smoke alarm smarts with these home fire safety activities.
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Sound Offwith the Home Fire Safety Patrol!
© 2021 MPHI. Sound Off with the Home Fire Safety Patrol made possible by funding from the USDHS/FEMA, Award No. EMW-2019-FP-00083, with generous support from First Alert and Pioneering Technology Corporation.
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Sound Offwith the Home Fire Safety Patrol!
You Did It!
Testing Time!

Click each smoke alarm to make sure it works. If it doesn't work, you need to put in a new battery or put up a new smoke alarm. Drag a new battery or a new smoke alarm to any smoke alarm that doesn't work. Then test it again.

All the smoke alarms in this home are working!

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    This smoke alarm works and has been tested.
    This smoke alarm works. Click here to test it.
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    This smoke alarm is not working.
    This smoke alarm works and has been tested.
    This smoke alarm works. Click here to test it.
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    This smoke alarm is not working.
    This smoke alarm works and has been tested.
    This smoke alarm works. Click here to test it.
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    This smoke alarm is not working.
    This smoke alarm works and has been tested.
    This smoke alarm works. Click here to test it.
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    This smoke alarm works and has been tested.
    This smoke alarm works. Click here to test it.
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Sound Offwith the Home Fire Safety Patrol!
Nice job! All the smoke alarms in this home are where they belong! And all the smoke alarms are working.
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Some of the smoke alarms in this home are in the wrong place. Drag them to the right spots. Need more smoke alarms? Drag them from the bottom row and put them in the right spots.

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    Right spot! This smoke alarm is protecting the person who sleeps in this bedroom.
    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Bedroom
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    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Wrong spot! A smoke alarm doesn’t belong in the bathroom. Move it to another room.
    That's right! A smoke alarm doesn't belong in the bathroom.
    Bathroom
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    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Wrong spot! A smoke alarm doesn’t belong in the bathroom. Move it to another room.
    Right spot! This smoke alarm is protecting the person who sleeps in this bedroom.
    Bedroom
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    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Wrong spot! Smoke alarms belong on the ceiling or high on a wall. Move it to the right spot.
    Right spot! This smoke alarm is protecting the person who sleeps in this bedroom.
    Bedroom
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    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Wrong spot! A smoke alarm doesn't belong in the kitchen. Move it to another room.
    That's right! A smoke alarm doesn't belong in the kitchen.
    Kitchen
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    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Wrong spot! A smoke alarm doesn’t belong in the bathroom. Move it to another room.
    Right spot! This smoke alarm is protecting the person who sleeps in this bedroom.
    Wrong spot! A smoke alarm doesn’t belong in the bathroom. Move it to another room.
    Dining Room
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    This room needs a smoke alarm! Put one on the ceiling or high on a wall.
    Wrong spot! Smoke alarms belong on the ceiling or high on a wall. Move it to the right spot.
    Right spot! This smoke alarm is protecting the person who sleeps in this bedroom.
    Living Room
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    You need a smoke alarm in the basement. Put one high on the wall at the bottom of the stairs.
    Wrong spot! A smoke alarm doesn’t belong in the bathroom. Move it to another room.
    Right spot! This smoke alarm is protecting the person who sleeps in this bedroom.
    Basement
Now test every smoke alarm to make sure it works!
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Sound Offwith the Home Fire Safety Patrol!
Sound Off Match-Up

Do you know your home fire safety sounds? Click each sound button. Then drag the picture that matches that sound onto the button. But watch out! Some of these sounds are very silly!

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Home Fire Safety Patrol!
You’re now part of the Home Fire Safety Patrol!