A more than 4,000-square-foot interactive fire safety educational attraction designed by Walt Disney Imagineering in cooperation with Liberty Mutual's fire safety specialists and the U.S. Fire Administration recently opened at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

According to the USFA, the exhibit in the Innoventions pavilion at Epcot includes an interactive game house, a miniature house that showcases escape routes, touch-screen kiosks and a 30-foot interactive pumper. Innoventions is an attraction filled with hands-on exhibits where visitors can explore how science and technology can simplify and enhance life today and in the future.

“We commend Liberty Mutual and Disney for their roles in creating the ‘Where's the Fire?’ exhibit to promote fire safety,” said U.S. Fire Administrator R. David Paulison. “This experience will not only help reduce the number of in-home fires, it will ultimately help save lives.”

In the “Where's the Fire?” Game House, two teams of up to 15 park visitors each search six rooms (kitchen, family room, child bedroom, bathroom, home office and garage) of a house to find and eliminate fire hazards using a specially designed hand-held “safety light.” Team members, divided into groups of up to three per room, aim their safety light onto a wall-sized projected image in each room to find and extinguish hazards. Deciding if the hazard could cause a fire requires discussion: All members of the group must collectively aim their lights at the hazard to fix it. Correct decisions earn points, incorrect or slow decisions mean a point deduction.

As children five and under are twice as likely to die in a fire, younger visitors to the four-room miniature “Play It Safe” house will learn not to hide during a fire. Special lighting will simulate the direction fire travels and show children the best way to exit a home. The house also teaches parents that they should develop and practice an escape plan with their family at home.

Three touch-screen kiosks present a timed “Burning Questions” fire safety quiz, testing visitors' knowledge of fire facts, and an interactive 30-foot pumper designed and built by W.S. Darley & Co. of Melrose Park, Ill., greets visitors. The truck demonstrates how a pumper operates and shows equipment worn and used by firefighters.

One side of the truck has a “Badges of Honor” display, Liberty Mutual's tribute to the important role of paid and volunteer firefighters in this country. The display allows guests to see information about their local fire department, including an image of their fire department's patch.

To send your department's patch for the display, complete the form at www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/disney-patch.pdf and mail it to the address on the form, along with two copies of your patch.