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.
Course in fire prevention prescribed
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-22-5., under Chapter 16-22 Curriculum [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — the Rhode Island Board of Education Act].
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-22-5.