Community Education

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The Community Risk Reduction - Education Division is the education arm of the Goodyear Fire Department.

The Community Education Division provides fire and life safety programs for the community on numerous topics including water safety, helmet safety, smoke alarms and more. They participate in most city events with educational displays and information, work with organizations and schools in the area to host safety events, and participate in neighborhood activities.

Community Risk Reduction Coordinator: Tanja Tanner

Child Safety Seat Inspections

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residents can learn how to
properly install their child safety seat. This service is available by appointment only.
To schedule:

Call the Goodyear Car Seat Hotline at
623-882-SEAT (7328)
Submit a request to schedule here.

A Child Passenger Seat Technician will return your call within 5 business days. Please allow 45 minutes per inspection and bring your car seat instruction booklet, vehicle manual to your scheduled appointment.

Child seat appointments are conducted at the Goodyear Fire Department Administration Office.

Seat inspections are available by appointment only with a Certified Car Seat Technician. Please do not visit a fire station to request this service.

Arizona law requires that any child under the age of 8 and 4’9" tall must be in a child restraint when in a vehicle. Remember to keep your children buckled up and away from the airbags in your vehicle. A Certified Child Passenger Seat Technician will be happy to inspect and help you install your child safety seat.

For more information on Child Safety Seats visit:

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Home Safe Home Program

The Goodyear Fire Department offers FREE in-home safety check visits for residents’ age 60+. Trained Fire Department representatives will do a room-by-room assessment and check for any unsafe conditions.

To make a Home SAFE Home Safety Check appointment, contact the Goodyear Fire Department using one of the following methods:

Sign Up Online, click here
Call the Home SAFE Home dedicated phone line at 623-882-7233(SAFE)
Email homesafehome@goodyearaz.gov

Home SAFE Home – Your Life Matters Safety Checks include

Customized home escape plan
List of supplies for your emergency go kit
One free carbon monoxide alarm
Smoke Alarm assessment
Suggestions about how to stay safe from fires and falls

*The Goodyear Fire Department representatives are not able to assist with alarms that are located in an area where it is not accessible due to height. We are also unable to replace or assist with alarms that are hard wired. It is the resident’s responsibility to have the smoke alarm installed or battery replaced.

Residential Lock Box Program

Fire Pal and Preschool Program

Youth Fire Setter Program

This program is designed to teach ways to intervene when dealing with an adolescent taken interest in setting fires.

For information contact:

Tanja Tanner 623-882-7308.

The goal of the Youth Firesetter Program is to help children realize they are not alone. Our program is designed to help parents, school employees, and other caregivers intervene when a child or adolescent has been setting fires. We offer education in fire and life safety, parenting tips, and information on where to go for further assistance is included. Curiosity firesetting is a very common problem with potentially disastrous results. This program helps assess and educate different levels of firesetting, from curiosity to crisis to pathological.

CPR / AED Training

Traditional CPR/AED Certification

The Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Division can schedule a class requests for groups of 10 or more. A traditional CPR course will lead to certification - a Hands-Only CPR course will not. Please note that the Goodyear Fire Department is associated with the American Health & Safety Institute (ASHI) for our certifications. Through ASHI we offer on-line blended courses, take the initial or renewal training in the privacy of your home or office and schedule a time for hands on skill demonstrations. These courses cover the importance of an Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs).

To schedule a training for your group of 10 or more:

Call 623-882-7308
Email gdyfdcrr@goodyearaz.gov

CPR certification is good for two years and
will have to be renewed on a regular basis.

Hands-Only CPR On The Rise

As the understanding of CPR has advanced new methods have been created. Most recently hands-only CPR, also known as Continuous Chest Compression (CCC), has become popular. This life-saving technique does not require certification and does not require mouth-to-mouth breathing. According to the American Heart Association Hands-Only CPR, "has been shown to be as effective as conventional CPR." To learn more about CPR and AEDs you can visit the Arizona Department of Health Services here.

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