Fire Safety - Home and Community

• Burn Safely Our fire safety tips give you speific steps to follow to help you burn safely.
• Hot Ash Safety - Wood ashes retain enough heat to ignite other combustible materials for several days.
• Burning of leaves, yard waste or trash continue to be the major cause of wildfires in Virginia. These “debris” fires can easily escape unless proper precaution is taken.
  • Take a look at these mini-posters (color; black-and-white) and learn more about how to be safe when burning debris.

Celebrate Safely

• Easter, Earth Day Coloring Sheet.
• July 4th: visit our July 4th Fireworks and Safety page.
• For any occasion - email a card from Sparky The Fire Dog.
• Create a Smokey Bear Jack O'Lantern with this stencil and instructions (English; PDF format)
• Halloween Safety Tips (English; PDF format)
• Halloween Safety Tips (Spanish; PDF format)
• "Trick or Treat" Poster and Halloween Safety Card from FireWise (English; PDF format).
• Christmas and Hanukah
• St. Patrick's Day Coloring Sheet.