Fire education needed?

When I was a kid we made fires, cooked on them, had bonfires etc . My kids do the same and so do the GC.

Schools don't need to do this. It's another of the every day skills to be learned at home with parents; along with crossing the road, cooking, swimming, using everyday tools safely (needles, scissors, knives, hammer and saw).

They haven't been able to play. Watching 16-25yo do bushcraft is quite a thing to be seen.

I really think we need to start looking at how children learn through old fashioned play in lighting fires etc as I believe, it teaches the dangers as well as the skills

I think we should have "general common sense" education. The people who are ignorant of fire issues are probably the same ones who don't take their litter home when they go to a beauty spot, throw litter out of the car window on the motorway and are now surprised that their eyes are hurting after being warned not to look at the sun during the eclipse.

I agree about the public information films we used to have, particularly about water safety - "co-ee Petunia" and driving - "Reginald Mole husband" spring to mind even after all these years.

Sorry, rant over!

I think it would be a good idea. Most of us all probably grew up in a time when chip pan fires were also a thing, as well as coal fires, garden bonfires and so on. We also had all those public information films on tv warning about all sorts of things - and I'm sure many of those have stuck with us throughout the years.