Senior Citizen Fire Safety Education

摘要

New York City's efforts to reduce death and injury among the elderly persons through fire safety education are reported. The New York City Fire Department designed and presented a series of 5 fire safety education presentations to 225 senior centers in the city. A minimum of 15,750 senior citizens observed one or more of the presentations. The fire safety educational presentations consisted of a narrated slide show, a lecture, and a question and answer period for a total of 85 minutes per presentation. At least two trained senior citizens attended each session as instructors. In testing a random sample of 20 senior centers in which members did see the presentation and 20 centers in which members did not see it, significant results were obtained. When all five were viewed, a dramatic increase in the knowledge of senior citizens occurred. However, with 1.3 million senior citizens in New York, the 15,750 who have seen at least one of the presentations are not enough to make a difference. A bibliography, and 34 appendices are included.