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Community Fire Safety Advocate Program The Seattle Fire Department provides fire safety presentations in English, Chinese, Cambodian, Lao, Vietnamese, Thai, Spanish, Oromo, Somali, Amharic and Tigrinya. Attendees learn:
To request a presentation call 206-386-1337 or Email. An Immigrant/Refugee Outreach Program of the Seattle Fire Department The Seattle Fire Department's Community Fire Safety Advocate (CFSA) program
was developed in response to a fatality house fire which occurred in the Fremont
neighborhood on June 12, 2010. Four children and a young woman were victims
of this fire which was Seattle's deadliest in more than 30 years. |
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Many in Seattle's East African communities were affected when it was learned that the fire victims were first and second generation Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees. East African community leaders came forward to express their concern about the need for more fire safety education in their communities. It was clear to the Fire Department that more outreach and education was needed to better reach immigrant and refugee communities with important life-saving messages. As with most immigrant and refugee experiences, language and cultural barriers often prevent access to information and services. These barriers can deny someone from knowing and understanding the common home fire hazards and ways to prevent and react to those dangers. The CFSA program directly addresses these key fire safety issues. Program Model This program was modeled after an education approach commonly known as promotoras or community lay workers, which has a long history of providing health services to underserved communities in many different cultures and countries. Characteristics of community lay workers are that they come from the community in which they work, have standing and trust from members of that community, speak the same language, identify and have a sense of service with the community. These factors assist in reaching a greater number of targeted and often hard-to-reach individuals. The key to this program is utilizing community members who are both culturally and linguistically familiar with the communities being reached. Additionally, newly trained community members can then pass information on to others and that knowledge stays within those communities.
After receiving in-depth training and the necessary tools, CFSAs conduct a variety of outreach activities such as kitchen table discussions, small group meetings, community workshops and community tabling activities. The current CFSA team conducts outreach to Seattle's East African communities in Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya and Somali. The CFSA presentations cover a variety of topics including:
To learn more or to schedule a presentation, please call 206-386-1337 or contact us by Email. More Information
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Community Fire Safety Advocate Outreach