An effective way to evaluate a fire safety program is to:

Gathering participant feedback is a crucial method for evaluating a fire safety program. This feedback provides direct insights from those who are involved in or impacted by the program, allowing educators to understand the effectiveness of the content, delivery, and overall participant engagement. It sheds light on whether the objectives of the program were met and how participants perceive their level of understanding and preparedness regarding fire safety.

Feedback can be collected through surveys, interviews, or group discussions, providing qualitative and quantitative data that can help identify areas of strength as well as opportunities for improvement. By listening to the participants, educators can adjust future programming to better meet the community's needs, ensuring that the fire safety messages resonate and lead to actionable changes in behavior.

In contrast, evaluating a program purely by increasing funding may not necessarily correlate with improvements in effectiveness. Conducting more classes without assessing quality may lead to overextension without actually enhancing knowledge retention. Similarly, applying for national accreditation might provide a mark of quality, but it does not inherently reflect the immediate impact or value of the program to participants.