These web pages are intended to provide a guide to raising awareness of fire, road and safety preventitive measures - which could make the difference between life and death. Use the various links to navigate to the relevant sections for further information.

Working with Young People

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Community Safety team delivers a wide range of programmes for children and young people. Young Firefighter meetings, for 11-17 year olds, take place every week at four of our fire stations (Crowthorne, Hungerford, Maidenhead and Whitley Wood in Reading). We run the Phoenix Project, a five-day team-building course for 13-16 year olds, and Evolution, a groundbreaking project aiming to tackle anti-social behaviour amongst young offenders.

Firefighters and community safety staff regularly go into schools to talk to children in Year 1 and Year 5 about fire safety. We also support other year groups, including Foundation Years, through StayWise, our action-packed interactive website. Click on StayWise for more information.

We deliver Junior Citizen over eight weeks of the year to primary school aged children. Junior Citizen is an experimental safety education scheme for children to learn about the prevention of accidental injuries and to improve their risk awareness in realistic settings.

We are also actively involved in schemes aimed at pre- and young drivers. Click on the road safety link for more information about our work with young people in this area.

Sport and healthy living are a key focus in our work with young people. We teach Tag Rugby in primary schools, and have recently piloted an accredited angling course in Windsor as an after-school activity. In the future, we hope to extend this across the county.

For more information about Young Firefighters, Phoenix and Evolution, download the PDFs.

If you would like further information about our work with children and young people, you can contact us on 0118 932 2734 or send an email to us at community.safety@rbfrs.co.uk

For further information use the Contact Us link to find out how to reach us.

Quick Links

Use these links to find out more about a range of community safety topics.

• Community Safety Home
• Smoke Alarms Save Lives
• Make an Escape Plan
• What to do in an Emergency
• Free Home Fire Safety Checks
• Fire Prevention Handbook
• Fire Safety Topics / Downloads
• Road Safety
• Working with Young People
• StayWise
• Contact Us

Downloads

Use these links to download resources.