Rinse, Lather, Repeat

I recently received information from a colleague, Dr. Maurice Ramirez on a new concept that is essentially a new generation of the old “Stop, Drop and Roll” lesson.  We learned “Stop, Drop and Roll” as kids and it stuck.  When it comes to fire safety and disaster preparedness, it can easily be argued that the message somehow gets lost on us adults or perhaps it’s just a short memory.   (when was the last time you checked your smoke detector…when was the last time you thought of the Gulf Coast region still, very slowly recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita???)  

Here’s an excerpt: 

Rinse, Lather, & Repeat: New Training for a New Era

Since educating adults about disaster preparedness is having the same non-reaction as the old fire safety messages that targeted adults, it’s time to shift our educational dollars to what we know works, which is to teach the youngest of Americans—the kindergarteners. That’s where Rinse, Lather and Repeat comes in.  Rinse, Lather, and Repeat is a new program that seeks to duplicate the successes of the National Fire Safety Council’s Stop, Drop, and Roll program. Like its predecessor, Rinse, Lather and Repeat is a one-week educational curriculum for kindergarten-age students that focuses on five core activities: 

1. Preparation and maintenance of a three-day survival pack.
2. Knowledge of where to obtain reliable news and evacuation instructions.
3. Memorizing local and out-of-state phone numbers for friends and family.
4. The location of local shelters and local evacuation routes.
5. The appropriate self-decontamination procedure whether at home or at a hospital or other community facility.

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