Meet Milo & Moxie
Milo, a loveable dog, and Moxie, an inquisitive hummingbird, have paired up to teach you and your family all about fire safety, burn prevention, and wildfire preparation and prevention!
Children under the age of 12 are the most vulnerable group for burn and scald injuries. The Arizona Burn Foundation’s Milo & Moxie: Smart Safety Rangers™ kid-friendly program teaches children life-saving burn prevention and fire safety strategies. This “story-time” curriculum is aligned to Arizona state standards and addresses burn safety behaviors for both children and parents.
Arizona is ranked second in the nation for the number of acres burned due to wildfires each year. Milo & Moxie: Wildfire Prevention™ introduces children to the importance of wildfire preparation, while giving real-life strategies for how to help prevent wildfire disasters.
MILO & MOXIE HAVE GONE VIRTUAL – DOWNLOAD THE “SAFETY RANGERS” APP TODAY!
The Arizona Burn Foundation’s Milo & Moxie: Smart Safety Rangers™ curriculum is now available on digital platforms. This free and interactive app features 10 FUN games that teach children burn prevention strategies AND educational objectives such as math and social studies!
Students are able to:
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Create personal profiles Track their progress through the games Read and interact with the Milo & Moxie story Customize the game difficulties based on their age and grade level
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Heart of the Program
At the heart of both of these programs is the story of Milo, our Smart Safety Ranger dog, who teaches his friend, a curious hummingbird named Moxie, how to prevent fire and burn injuries in the home AND how to help prevent and prepare for wildfires. Both of these rhyming storybooks are colorful, engaging, and exciting to kids of all ages!
In Milo & Moxie: Smart Safety Rangers™, our loveable characters venture through each room of a typical house, teaching children real-life strategies to keep them safe from fire and burns. Our messaging includes: the kitchen safety zone, what’s hot and what’s not, chemical burns, smoke alarms, sun safety, and much more!
In Milo & Moxie: Wildfire Prevention™, our characters journey up north to teach families how to prevent and prepare for wildfires. Our messaging includes: fire resistant zones, emergency supply kids, campfire safety, and much more!
How You Can Be Involved
You can adopt one (or both!) of these programs by following these easy steps:
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Order the kit(s) that best fits your community’s needs.
Review training guides and download our free lesson plans to gain an understanding of how the program can best be presented.
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Present and distribute the materials to children to help prevent pediatric burns and wildfires!
264,141
Students taught about fire safety & counting!
Childhood Prevention
Burns and scalds are the fourth leading cause of accidental deaths among children, and many can be prevented with education and training.
Approx. 300
children are seen in emergency rooms EACH DAY from burn injuries. .
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of burn injuries occurred at home
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the result of fire
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the result of a scald from hot liquid
Every 65 seconds
Someone in the United States sustains a burn injury serious enough to require treatment.
200,000
pediatric scalding injuries per year.
What Our Community Partners Tell Us
— Dr. Kevin Foster, Director of Burn Services, Arizona Burn Center
