Fire Prevention Week is October 5–11, 2025, and it’s our annual reminder of the importance of fire prevention education at all ages. Starting in September, local fire departments are hosting all kinds of community events. Our list below is filled with family-friendly festivals complete with candy drops off a ladder truck, demonstrations of how specialized rescues are done, fire station tours, meet-and-greets with firefighters, a silent parade honoring lives lost, and more.
Even if you can’t make it to an event this year, you can also help your family stay safe by checking out our list of resources. Engaging your kids in fire prevention and preparedness goes a long way in keeping everyone safe and sound!
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2025 Local Fire Prevention Week Events
Virtual and At-Home Activities
NFPA Virtual Fire Protection Week
This virtual protection week has games, apps, and videos to help teach your children the importance of fire safety. The 2025 theme is “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home”
Ready Kids
Ready Kids helps your family prepare a disaster kit and helps your family create a plan if a disaster were to occur. There are games and books to help your kids think of way to prepare and plan, so if anything were to happen, everyone is ready and safe.
Sparky
Sparky offers kids fun activities, games, apps, and videos to make learning about fire prevention fun! Printables and music videos are to engage kids in their education.
FireSafeKid
FireSafeKid offers printable, mazes, and games about burn fire prevention.
Safe Kids Worldwide
This website gives information about carbon monoxide for each age group. You select the age group of your child and it explains how to discuss carbon monoxide in a developmentally appropriate way.
Ideas for Community Outreach
- Write letters to your local fire station and firefighters thanking them for their service.
- Create your own fire safety video (and tag us so we can share it!).
- Send your local fire station a catered food delivery or drop off baked goods (always call station ahead to ask if food is welcomed, as well as for details about timing and any food allergies).
For more kid-friendly events in the west and northwest suburbs, be sure to check out the Kidlist event calendar.
