Sparks Ablaze - What a success!

Ontario Girl Guides lit up the fire halls this November. Sparks learned about fire safety and went to visit their local fire station to hear about it from real firefighters. Although Fire Month is over, you can still participate in this project! If you wish to plan a trip to the fire hall, you can still do so. Ontario Council in partnership with the Office of the Fire Marshal have developed Sparks Ablaze program. All aspects of your meeting are covered from opening to closing, all crafts, games and activites in between. Ontario adult members of Girl Guides of Canada please click here for full details.

All bookings of the Fire Departments in Toronto are to be done through Genevieve Ross 416-338-9338. Things were really heated up this November! Ontario Council in partnership with the Office of the Fire Marshal have developed Sparks Ablaze program. All aspects of your meeting are covered from opening to closing, all crafts, games and activites in between. Ontario adult members of Girl Guides of Canada please click here for full details.

Upon receipt of a completed evaluation survey, your girls will receive complimentary tattoos designed exclusively for the Sparks. Please note that these are not sold at any of the stores as this is a special feature of participating in the Sparks Ablaze program.

If you are a member of another Girl Guide or Girl Scout organization and need full details please contact program.coord@guidesontario.org

Sparks Ablaze is a three-week program designed to educate Girl Guides in the Sparks age group about fire safety. In Week One, Sparks will learn about fire safety at a scheduled meeting. In Week Two, the Sparks hope to visit a local fire station where they will learn more about fire safety and tour the station. In Week Three, the lessons learned from Week One and Week Two will be summarized and reviewed.

The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) is pleased to work with Girl Guides Ontario Council to implement Sparks Ablaze and has prepared a lesson guide to assist fire departments in conducting a fire safety lesson that supports the learning outcomes of the program. The lesson guide will be distributed to the fire service as an attachment to an OFM Communiqué outlining details of the program.

If fire departments need more information about the Sparks Ablaze program or the prepared lesson guide, they can contact OFM Program Specialist Ryan Betts at Ryan.Betts@ontario.ca

If you are a Member of Guiding, please contact program.coord@guidesontario.org for any questions with regards to this event. do not contact Ryan Betts directly Please contact your local Fire Department to set a date for meeting two.

Attached is a standard Media Release for use with Sparks Ablaze. Please forward this to any and all media outlets within your community. Please add your own personal contact information if possible. Media outlets may include: television stations, radio stations, local and community newspapers, local magazines, regional or municipal websites, college and or university media outlets or program.

Please forward any pictures, copies of print media, and/or information about TV or radio media to program.coord@guidesontario.org