origin of Stop Drop and Roll

[Jenkins, John (VDFP)]

Does anyone have any documentation on the history of Stop, Drop and Roll?  We have all taught if for years but where did it start?

 

Thanks for the help.

 

JD

 

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[Wiley, Kevin]

Didn't Dick Van Dyke do some PSA's for the NFPA about Stop Drop and Roll??

Kevin Wiley
Oak Park, IL

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[David Chaplin]

Hey JD, here is a link to a very good report on the efficacy of "Stop, Drop, and Roll", submitted in 2004 for the EFO program by Chris Oman, EVFD, Yakima County, WA. You might find an answer here, as he looks at the origin, reasoning, tactics, history, and usefulness of the SDR program. The real origins may be the Flammable Fabrics Act of the 1950's, which evolved until the 1970's when it showed-up as a tactic to change public behavior in NFPA's first "Learn Not To Burn" program.

Oman's report demonstrates the difficulty of finding this information in scarce resources, and it demonstrates that the "Stop, Drop, and Roll" message has become such a part of our culture that it may now be easily misunderstood, and it is used in online chat-groups to repair damage done by "flaming" (negative commentary). He also finds that when some children are asked what they should do when their house catches fire, they say, "Stop, Drop, and Roll". This program may have been so successful that it has outlived its usefulness.

Take a look at the whole report:

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo37160.pdf  

 

 

Thanks,

David Chaplin, CFPS, CHS IV

 

 

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Does anyone have any documentation on the history of Stop, Drop and Roll?  We have all taught if for years but where did it start?

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[Norwood, Annetta]

Here is a bit more background. This came as a reply to the group originally solicited with the question of origin......

 

From: Comoletti, Judy [mailto:jcomo...@NFPA.org]
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Subject: RE: Stop, Drop, and Roll
 

OK….this is what I have from Rex Wilson. It began with the “Torch Sweaters” in the 1950’s. Rex joined the NFPA staff in 1958 and worked on the electrical standards and flammable fabric standard. He was frustrated that the real safety issues  (fabric) were not being addressed. In 1970 he located his company near Boston. He became editor of a newsletter called “Firebrand.” This became the critical link in Stop, Drop and Roll. A report came across his desk about a young man who had run with his clothes on fire. In frustration, Rex knew that the young man needed to stay still, get his nose out of harms way and roll to put out the flames.

 

In late 1974 he wrote and published a short piece recounting this incident and the need to “Drop and Roll.”

 

Someone on the NFPA staff picked it up. NFPA had connections and influence. Soon the Stop, Drop and Roll campaign was underway and growing – a campaign featuring Dick Van Dyke. So…Rex had the idea and NFPA picked it up and became the Champion.

 

I’m waiting to receive the original Rex Wilson article. I will document this and get it in our library for history.

 

Hope this helps.

 

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