Exciting News!

Exciting news!

One of my all time favorite events, is "BlogPaws." It is an amazing conference and I am happy to announce that I can finally spill the beans! I am honored to have been chosen to speak at BlogPaws 2012 in St. Lake City, Utah in June!

Being Executive Director of the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation is a dream come true and allows me to share the work of the foundation and the Fire Safety Dogs and to help keep children and their caregivers safe. At BlogPaws, I will be doing a presentation on live streaming and will share information on one of the foundation's most popular fire safety programs, Sparkles' Safety Spot, which is sponsored by our good friends at First Alert and is streamed live on the web.

BlogPaws has an amazing list of speakers and I can hardly wait until June!

Here is our video from intro of our presentation last year with Travelin' Jack and PetSmart! I was so happy that Tango got to go with me!


This year, our trip will be sponsored by First Alert, and we are very grateful to them for their support!

See you in Salt Lake!

Dayna Hilton
Executive Director
Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation

Sparkles' Safety Spot: New Date and Time!

Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation Announces Sparkles’ Fire Safety Skype Tour for Children

Your class or school could win a Skype visit with the Fire Safety Dogs!

The Keep Kids Fire Safe® Foundation, with funding from State Farm® and First Alert®, is seeking a limited number of schools to participate in the Sparkles’ Fire Safety Skype Tour™, an innovative, free fire safety program designed to teach children what to do in case of a fire. The program will be offered for a limited time, March 2012 to March 2013.

Firefighter Dayna Hilton, recognized as one of the leading fire safety educators in the United States, has developed this 30 minute, fun, educationally sound and interactive fire safety program for children. It features meeting a real fire safety dog, reading the Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog children’s fire safety book, learning fire safety messages, singing fire safety songs and becoming a Junior Firefighter. It also includes time for children to ask a few fire safety questions.

Sparkles’ Fire Safety Skype Tour™ will be delivered to a limited number of schools via Skype. The goal of the program is to teach basic fire safety knowledge and skills to kindergarteners and first graders. For their participation, children will receive a free, downloadable copy of the Sparkles’ Fire Safety Skype Tour™ coloring e-book and other bonus materials.

Each month, up to 10 schools will be selected to participate. The Skype visits will be held each Friday of the month, beginning March 16th 1:00 CST, with each Skype visit lasting up to 30 minutes.

Applications are currently being taken, but hurry! Participating schools will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. Completed applications must be received at the Keep Kids Fire Safe® Foundation as soon as possible. For more information, visit the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation webpage at or by contact Hilton at keepkidsfiresafe@gmail.com.

Keep Kids Fire Safe® Foundation is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization dedicated to teaching fire safety knowledge and skills to children and their caregivers based on fire safety research. Through programs, safety materials, and strategic partnerships, the Keep Kids Fire Safe® Foundation aims to help reduce fire-related deaths, injuries, and property losses.

Fire Safety Dog Survey

The fire safety dogs would like to invite their friends and fans Please take the survey titled "Fire Safety Dogs". Your feedback is important and will help us with our fire safety programming!

When you enter and fill out the survey in its entirety by December 2, 2011, your name will go into a drawing to win some prizes from our friends at First Alert and the Fire Safety Dogs. The drawing will be held by random.org on December 3rd.

Grand prize winner will receive these First Alert products: A two-story escape ladder, Onelink Wireless Talking Battery Operated Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm and Tundra Fire Extinguishing Spray and from the fire safety dogs, the first edition of the award winning book, "Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog" and a "Pawtographed" picture from Tango the Fire Safety Dog and Siren the Fire Safety Dog.

Four runner-up winners will receive a First Alert Onelink Wireless Talking Battery Operated Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm, Tundra and a copy of the first edition of "Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog" from the fire safety dogs. We really need your input to help us know if we are making a difference! Thank you!

Please be sure to include your name and email in the survey somewhere to have your name put into the drawing. Click on the button below to begin!

Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation Welcomes Lori Moon to Board of Directors

Keep Kids Fire Safe would like to welcome Lori Moon as its newest Board of Director! Lori brings a wealth of talent to the organization and we thank her for joining us!

Below is the press release:

CLARKSVILLE, AR – Keep Kids Fire Safe, Inc., a non-profit organization which helps reduce fire-related injuries and deaths among children, announces the newest addition to its Board of Directors, Lori Moon.

Moon is Program Manager of the Washington DC-based Fire Corps program. She is experienced in preparing and implementing grant tasking, finance implementation and spending, as well as leading a state and regional volunteer advocate network. Having skills at developing program tools and resources, preparing marketing and communication materials, and public speaking, Moon is a true asset to the foundation.

“It's such an honor to be part of the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation board,” said Moon. “The foundation has an incredible mission and goals to spread the message of prevention through education. I'm excited for the opportunity to contribute, and feel very privileged to work with such dedicated individuals and partners to achieve an invaluable vision of helping keep children fire safe.”

“Lori is highly energetic and a strong leader,” said Glenn Trembley, Chairman of the Board. “We look forward to benefiting from her experience in the fire service industry.”

Located in Clarksville, Arkansas, Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation serves thousands of youth and adults each year across the United States. Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation offers unique educational programs, including Sparkles’ Safety Spot, a fire safety program streamed live on the web.

Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization dedicated to teaching fire safety knowledge and skills to children and their caregivers based on current fire safety research. Through their programs, safety materials, and strategic partnerships, the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation aims to help reduce fire-related deaths, injuries, and property losses.

To learn more about the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation, visit their website at www.keepkidsfiresafe.org or Facebook page at www.facebook.com/keepkidsfiresafefoundation.

Sparkles' Safety Spot Streaming Live from National Night Out!

We have a BIG safety show this evening! We will be streaming LIVE from National Night out in Clarksville. Meet members of the Clarksville Police Department, Clarksville Fire Department, Johnson County Dive Team and many, many more special guests! Sponsored by First Alert and the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation.

Firefighter Dayna, Tango and Siren on Fire Engineering Talk Radio August 4th!

Firefighter Dayna, Tango and Siren on Fire Engineering Talk Radio August 4th

Join Dayna, Tango and Siren live on Fireengineering.com Radio to learn all the latest about the adventures of the fire safety dogs and about Sparkles' Kids Zone, only on firelife.com! 7:30 ET