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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Help children learn what to do in fire, earthquake, and getting lost — calmly, without scaring them.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child freezes or cries when hearing siren — no practiced response.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child treats emergency numbers as joke from overheard adult conversation.
Scene hazards: Panic from scary stories, Hiding instead of escaping, Prank emergency calls
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Use storybook or drawing — two ways out of home, one meeting tree.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Sing address to familiar tune — memory hook for young children.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Role-play: smoke smell — crawl to door, do not hide in cupboard.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Praise correct drill behaviour — builds confidence not fear.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Teach: 112 when adult unconscious, fire, or lost and scared with no adult.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Lost in mall — stay where visible, tell shopkeeper name and parent phone.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Persistent nightmares after real event — school counsellor or child helpline 1098.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child ingests drill smoke alarm battery — poison helpline and hospital.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use graphic disaster videos with young children.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT punish child for wrong drill answer — correct gently and repeat.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Never talk about disasters with children — it traumatizes them
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Red Cross finds age-appropriate preparation reduces trauma during real events. Calm practice beats sudden chaos.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child hides under bed in fire because flames were never explained with escape plan.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Children will naturally follow adults in emergency
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Instinct to hide is strong in children. Repeated drills build exit behaviour.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child found in closet during house fire while parents searched outside.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Red Cross and WHO child safety programs use repetition and calm language — fear reduces recall.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Children who know address and 112 save time when separated in crowd or disaster.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Refresh teaching each school year and when family moves home.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Include children in packing their own small go-bag with comfort toy.