The Fire Safety House is a unique and mobile, educational tool the Brentwood Fire and Safety Department uses to teach children and adults, through hands on exercises about fire safety, how to escape a fire, or what being in smoke feels like.   

The 28-foot travel trailer also focuses on actions children can take to prevent fires and burns in the first place.  Fire Marshal Jeff Pender says, "the Fire Safety House has been an invaluable educational tool and is consistently the most popular and highly requested fire prevention/education program we offer."   Since the program was created in 1995, the Fire Safety House has been used to conduct over 800 educational events serving nearly 100,000 children and adults.

The first Fire Safety House was purchased through a grant and was replaced after 17 years of use.  The current safety house was purchased in 2013 and also obtained through a grant submitted under the “Fire Prevention and Safety" category through The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.  The City of Brentwood had to pay only 10% of of the total cost for the fire house.

Brentwood's Fire Safety House features modern technology such as heated interior doors to teach children to feel before opening, sprinkler head props, a fireplace prop, and a stove-top cooking fire prop. The house also includes unique features for those with disabilities including a bed shaker, a special smoke alarm for the hearing impaired and a wheelchair ramp to provide all-inclusive access. 

Each October, during Fire Prevention Month, the Fire Safety House, along with Brentwood firefighters visit Williamson County Schools in Brentwood to teach children about fire safety.