Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service introduced the "Be Cool Be Safe" Safety Quiz targeting year 7 pupils across the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority area in 2002.

The overall objective of the quiz is to educate young people to become responsible citizens. The subject matter encompasses a range of safety issues from our partners such as the road safety team, Her Majesty’s Coastguard, the Police, local drugs workers, Rail track and Connexions. In consultation with young people from local schools, a trendy new magazine was designed for every year 7 pupil within the county not only to help answer the quiz questions, but also to raise their awareness of personal safety.

Subjects covered are safety in the home, hoax calls, solvent abuse, bullying, water safety, road safety , and issues relating to personal safety.

This project has cemented partnerships with senior schools and has allowed our organisation the opportunity to work within the National Curriculum. Many local senior schools are now incorporating the safety quiz within their timetable on an annual basis. Since the introduction of the "Be cool Be safe" interactive quiz we have developed good working relationships with schools at Key stage 3 and during the last 5 years school participation has increased from 16 to 37. Thereby, increasing pupil participation from 935 to 5,593. Next year we will be working towards achieving our target to enrol every school.

Community Safety Partnerships have continued to endorse the magazine by financially supporting us to ensure we educate the children of today to become safer adults for the future.

HOW TO ENTER?

Order your free safety magazines and run a mini competition in your school to select the year 7 students to represent you. Take the challenge to win a top prize for your school and gift vouchers for the winning team members.
• Regional heats – 4th,6th,11th & 18th March 2008 All 10:00 am start
• Final Tuesday 22nd April 2008 at Telford Fire Station 10:00 am start

School Regional Heats For the “Be Cool, Be Safe” Quiz 2008.

1. West Heat – Tuesday 4th March 2008 at Meole Brace School, Shrewsbury, 10.00am start
2. The Grange School
3. Wakeman School
4. Sundorne
5. Priory School
6. Mary Webb School – Pontesbury
7. Lakelands School– Ellesmere
8. Ercall Wood school

1. East Heat – Thursday 6th March 2008 at Hadley learning Centre, 10.00am start
2. Sutherland
3. Abraham Darby school
4. Wrockwardine Wood school
5. Madeley Court school
6. Phoenix school
7. Charlton school - Wellington
8. BRJ school – Wellington
9. Lord Silkin

1. North Heat – Tuesday 11th March 2008 at Thomas Adams School, Wem, 10.00 am start
2. Marches school - Oswestry
3. Sir John Talbot school – Whitchurch
4. The Grove school – Market Drayton
5. Burton Borough school – Newport
6. Corbet School Baschurch
7. Newport Girls High school

1. South Heat – Tuesday 18th March 2008 at Church Stretton School, 10.00am start
2. Community College Bishops Castle
3. Oldbury Wells School
4. William Brookes School – Much Wenlock
5. Kingsland Grange
6. Wrekin College
7. Idsall School Shifnal

Equality and fairness ensures that all schools within Shropshire and the Borough of Telford & Wrekin area are invited to participate this includes all independent schools. An interactive IT lesson is available on this site to assist Teachers "Be Cool Be Safe" Interactive Quiz.