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Community Heroes: Firefighters

A Grade 3 social studies worksheet exploring the role of firefighters in our community, their equipment, and how they help keep us safe.

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NCSS.D2.Civ.2.3-5NCSS.D2.Civ.3.3-5firefightercommunitysafetysocial studiesgrade 3
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Community Heroes: Firefighters

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Learn about the important job firefighters do in our community!

Firefighters are brave men and women who help protect people and property from fires. They also respond to many other emergencies, like car accidents and medical calls. It's a very important and sometimes dangerous job!

1. What is the main job of a firefighter?

a

To teach in schools

b

To put out fires and save lives

c

To build new houses

d

To deliver mail

2. Firefighters wear special gear to protect them, including a helmet, a thick coat, and heavy  .

3. A fire truck carries water, hoses, and other important   that firefighters use.

4. Name two other emergencies, besides fires, that firefighters might respond to.

5. Firefighters only work during the day.

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True

F

False

Firefighter spraying water during training

This firefighter is during a training exercise. Firefighters train often to be ready for real emergencies.

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

fire station
hose
ladder
alarm

6. When there is a fire, people call 911, and the firefighters at the   hear the call.

7. Firefighters use a long   to spray water on fires.

8. Sometimes, firefighters use a tall   to reach high places.