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The Plano Fire Department places great importance on providing fire safety education and information for our citizens in order to help protect and enhance their quality of life. These efforts are coordinated by the Public Education Office and include: 911 Simulation Training Babysitting Safety Instruction CPR Fire Safety House Fire Safety in the Workplace Fire Safety Literature High School Fire Safety Kitchen Safety Risk Watch TM Injury Prevention Curriculum Senior Fire Safety Video Tape Library   Risk Watch TM Children in Plano are taught to practice safe behaviors through the Risk Watch Tm  injury prevention curriculum which is integrated into the Plano Independent School District elementary schools and several private schools and daycares. This curriculum provides classroom injury prevention instruction through trained fire fighters and classroom teachers as well as station tours and resource manuals.     911 Simulation Training This training uses actual 911 call transcripts and mock telephones to allow students to simulate several 911 calls in different emergency situations. In these lessons, emphasis is placed on distinguishing a true need for calling 911.    Babysitting Safety Instruction This class provides students with safety information to be used while babysitting. Instructors stress the E.D.I.T.H. (Exit Drills in the Home) procedure and knowing vital information should an emergency occur.   Fire Extinguisher Training and Demonstration This class includes discussion of the different types of fire and the correct extinguisher to use for each. Also included are the determining factors to know when deciding whether to fight the fire and the correct procedure to follow when doing so. Participants are provided an opportunity to use a fire extinguisher on a controlled fire.    Fire Safety House Students in First and Third grade receive instruction on Exit Drills In The Home (EDITH) and visit this scaled-down version of an average home. Inside the Fire Safety House, students practice escaping the home two ways.    Fire Safety in the Workplace Employees and employers are instructed to be proactive in fire safety planning in this class offered to area businesses. Fire fighters stress the importance of making fire safety each employee's responsibility.    High School Fire Safety This class offers secondary students an insight into the dynamics of fire, the most common causes of fire, and reviews basic fire safety behaviors. Also covered is how and when to use a fire extinguisher and how an emergency situation should be handled.    Kitchen Safety This program is offered for middle and high school Independent Living classes and covers the causes of kitchen fires, how kitchen fires can be prevented, and how to extinguish a kitchen fire. Minor burn treatment is also discussed.    Senior Fire Safety and Falls Prevention Using the National Fire Protection Association's curriculum, Remembering When, fire fighters instruct older adults on the increased risk of fire in their homes. Participants are encouraged to take control of fire prevention and to practice basic fire safety in their homes. Instruction is included in how to prevent falls.    CPR This class teaches citizens to become "First Responders," trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. CPR is offered the third Saturday of each month at Fire Administration. The cost is $55. For more information, call the CPR Information Hotline at 972-941-7368.      Video Tape Library The Public Education Office has a library of fire safety videos available for citizens or organizations in Plano to check out. A master list of the tapes is available upon request.     Fire Safety Literature Brochures, pamphlets, and booklets on a wide range of fire safety subjects are available from the Public Education Office