The department of elementary and secondary education is empowered and directed to prescribe a course of study in fire prevention for use in the public schools of the state, dealing with the protection of lives and property against loss or damage as a result of preventable fire.

History of Section.
P.L. 1921, ch. 2025, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 66, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 177, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 16-22-5.