Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Ediciones UPCT
Abstract
[ENG] Education centres in general represent one of the places in which safety becomes something
totally essential, due to the special vulnerability of children. The normal day-to-day practice
of a school, supposes a series of risks and therefore it is important for the Educational
Community to work actively to ensure that the school environment is as safe as possible. Of
all the possible risks, fire is perhaps one of the most feared by society, and it is also that
which is most likely to occur.
The Educational Community in general, should be aware that the spreading of a correct
preventive culture, has as its starting point the “Educational Centre” (Lewis, 2009), and it is
of vital importance that this prevention culture, reaches all the pupils and teachers in order to
be able to increase the level of prevention in schools and to achieve important progress in this
matter at a social level. The schools must be prepared to react correctly when faced with any emergency situation that
may arise and thus, if it is important to carry out annual evacuation drills, it is even more
determinant that the pupils receive adequate prevention training