Fire safety at home quiz: understanding smoke alarms (UK)🔔

Introduction 👋

Without question, teaching young people about fire safety is extremely important.

Studies have shown that in England in the year ending March 2022, there were 27,166 home/dwelling fires – a one percent increase from the previous year.

However, if you’re teaching, it’s difficult to find the time to do all the research, so you can teach it!

Save yourself time by using our free interactive fire safety quiz to teach your learners about fire safety!

The quiz:

• Starts with the basics 🪜
• Includes interesting fire safety facts and statistics 🧠
• Explains fire safety in a simple and entertaining way 🤹‍♀️

This quiz can be used to:

• check learners’ understanding of fire safety 🧠
• introduce the topic of fire safety 👋
• check learners’ familiarity with smoke alarms and fire safety vocabulary ✅
• facilitate group discussions about fire safety 💬

Disclaimer: This website provides information for guidance and educational purposes only. The Grown-Up School does not provide specialist fire safety advice, and bases resources on government guidance provided at the time of writing. You can seek independent fire safety advice from a suitably qualified and regulated professional advisor. Check out our disclaimer policy for more information.

Lesson Objectives 🏆

By the end of this lesson, learners will:

• Understand the importance of having functioning smoke alarms in the home, and ways in which some house fires are commonly caused
• Gain an understanding of how to maintain smoke alarms at home
• Know where fire alarms should be placed in the home, and where to get help with installation
• Become familiar with additional fire safety equipment for homes

Learner Record Notes✍️

Once you’ve completed this quiz, you can add these notes to your records for your learners:

Today we completed an interactive quiz about smoke alarm fire safety, where learners assessed their own understanding of fire safety at home.

This activity supported the development of the following skills:

• Numeracy – learners developed their understanding of application of number, with quiz questions featuring fractions and numbers.
• Literacy – learners read quiz questions and answers, and were introduced to new vocabulary.
• Problem solving – learners used problem solving skills to decide between different quiz answers.
• Decision making – learners made decisions under time pressure, considering feedback from other participants.
• Working with others – learners chose answers in teams, negotiating with other participants.
• Communication skills – learners participated in group discussions about fire safety.
• Digital literacy – learners completed the quiz online, using web links and participation codes. Where connection issues were experienced, learners worked to resolve them and connect to the quiz online.
• Improving own learning and performance – learners developed their confidence assessing their own understanding of a topic.

Kahoot Quiz 📱

Get the whole group playing, by completing these fire safety quizzes as an interactive Kahoot quiz!

Just click the links below to get started.

Fire Safety at Home – Smoke Alarms (UK) 🔥

Printable Quiz 🖨️

If Kahoot! isn’t your thing, here’s a printable version of the quiz!

Questions 🤔

Q1: How many home fires are caused by cooking accidents? 👨‍🍳

1. One quarter of all home fires
2. Half of all home fires
3. One third of all home fires
4. Every single fire

Q2: How many fires a day are started by candles? 🕯️

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Q3: How much more likely are you to die in a fire, if you don’t have a working smoke alarm in your home? 🔔

1. Two times
2. Three times
3. Six times
4. Eight times

Q4: How often does someone die from a fire caused by a cigarette? 🚬

1. Every six days
2. Every six weeks
3. Every six months
4. Every six years

Q5: How many fires are started each day by heaters? 🔥

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Q6: How many fires are started every year by faulty electrics? (Appliances, wiring, and overloaded sockets) 🔌⚡

1. 1,000
2. 2,000
3. 3,000
4. 4,000

Q7: Where should you have smoke alarms in your home? 🏡

1. Every floor
2. Just downstairs
3. Just upstairs
4. Only in the kitchen

Q8: Where can you buy smoke alarms? (Pick 3!) 🛒

1. DIY stores
2. Clothes shops
3. Electrical shops
4. Supermarkets

Q9: How often should you test your smoke alarms at a minimum? 🗓️

1. Every month
2. Every 6 months
3. Every year
4. Every two years

Q10: How do people usually test their smoke alarms? ⏰

1. Put it in water
2. Take the batteries out
3. Set something on fire
4. Press the “test” button

Q11: If a smoke alarm starts beeping on a regular basis, what does this mean?

1. Someone has broken it
2. It’s dusty
3. You should take the battery out to make it stop
4. You need to replace the battery immediately

Q12: How often should you vacuum your smoke alarm to remove dust? 🧹

1. Every 6 months
2. Every year
3. Every two years
4. Every three years

Q13: Why don’t people usually put smoke alarms in kitchens or bathrooms? 🛀

1. They look unattractive
2. Smoke alarms don’t work in steamy rooms
3. Smoke/steam can set off smoke alarms by accident
4. They smell bad

Q14: Why is it ideal to have a smoke alarm in the hallway, on the ceiling? 🏠

1. Hallways are smaller
2. You can hear the alarm throughout the home
3. It’s more difficult to hear alarms in hallways
4. They have more smoke in hallways

Q15: How often should you replace a special “10 year smoke alarm” with a ten year battery life 📆 (Replace the whole thing!)

1. Every 10 years
2. Every 11 years
3. Every 15 years
4. Every 20 years

Q16: If you struggle to install a smoke alarm yourself, who can help you? 🛠️

1. Your local library team
2. Your local fire and rescue service
3. Your teacher
4. Your doctor

Q17: Do you have to test your smoke alarm if it’s connected to your mains electricity? 🤷‍♀️⚡

1. Yes
2. No
3. Only if it has a battery
4. Only if it’s older than ten years

Q18: Fire blankets are also helpful safety equipment to have. What do they do? 👩‍🚒

1. Keep people warm
2. Create smoke
3. Make your house look cosy
4. Put out fires

Q19: Extinguishers can be useful for putting out fires. (If it’s safe at the time!) When can extinguishers be most useful? 🧯

1. When a small fire blocks your path
2. When a small fire is in the kitchen
3. When a big fire is in the bedroom
4. When your clothes are on fire

Q20: Heat alarms can be put in kitchens when smoke alarms can’t. What do they do? 🌡️

1. Detect heat
2. Detect smoke
3. Detect cooking
4. Detect intruders

Q21: What should you do if there is a fire? 🔥

1. Get your valuables and run
2. Stay in, get a snack
3. Get out, stay out, call 999
4. Get out, stay out, order a pizza

Answers ✅

• Q1: Answer 2 – Half of all home fires are caused by cooking accidents.
• Q2: Answer 2 – Two fires a day are started by candles.
• Q3: Answer 4 – You are eight times more likely to die in a fire if you don’t have a working smoke alarm in your home.
• Q4: Answer 1 – Every six days someone dies from a fire caused by a cigarette.
• Q5: Answer 3 – Three fires are started each day by heaters.
• Q6: Answer 4 – 4,000 fires are started every year by faulty electrics.
• Q7: Answer 1 – You should have fire alarms on every floor of your home.
• Q8: Answers 1, 3, and 4 – You can buy smoke alarms from DIY stores, electrical shops, and supermarkets.
• Q9: Answer 1 – At a minimum, you should test your smoke alarms every month.
• Q10: Answer 4 – People usually test their smoke alarms by pressing the “test” button”.
• Q11: Answer 4 – If a smoke alarm starts beeping on a regular basis, it means that you need to replace the battery immediately.
• Q12: Answer 1 – You should vacuum your smoke alarm to remove dust every six months.
• Q13: Answer 3 – People don’t usually put smoke alarms in kitchens or bathrooms because smoke/steam can set off smoke alarms by accident.
• Q14: Answer 2 -It’s ideal to have a smoke alarm in the hallway on the ceiling because you can hear the alarm throughout the home.
• Q15: Answer 1 – You should replace a special “10 year smoke alarm” with a ten year battery life every 10 years.
• Q16: Answer 2 – If you struggle to install a smoke alarm yourself, your local fire and rescue service can help you.
• Q17: Answer 1 – You have to test your smoke alarm, even if it’s connected to your mains electricity.
• Q18: Answer 4 – Fire blankets are helpful safety equipment for putting out fires.
• Q19: Answer 1 – Fire extinguishers can be most useful when a small fire blocks your path.
• Q20: Answer 1 – Heat alarms can be put in kitchens when smoke alarms can’t to detect heat.
• Q21: Answer 3 – If there is a fire, you should get out, stay out, and call 999.

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