And that’s where the, the whole, you know, stop, drop and roll thing supposedly was about. In an interview with Ethan Ruch in 2020, the 10-year-old who used the “Stop, Drop and Roll” technique on his five-year-old brother in 1970, he said, “I ran to the backyard with him and I throw him in the dirt and rolled him over. Ethan, witnessing what had just happened, pushed his little brother David to the ground and rolled him around, smothering the flames.” Ernie attempted to light the barbeque grill, with David and Alisa Ann close behind him, when a fireball erupted, shooting Ernie backwards onto David and Alisa Ann. Diane, who was pregnant at the time with her fourth child, and her sister Esther were in the kitchen preparing lunch, while Ernie and the children were in the backyard getting the barbeque grill ready. “It was Memorial Day weekend in 1970, when the Ruch Family- Diane and Ernie Ruch, along with their children Ethan (10), Alisa Ann (8), David (5)- were celebrating with a small family gathering. The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation was able to popularize the life-saving message with the development of a simple graphic in 1979.Īccording to the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, the “Stop, Drop and Roll” technique was used to save the life of a five-year-old boy, during a backyard barbeque fire.
As early as 1974, “Stop, Drop and Roll” was becoming better known in outreach fire prevention education through programs such as the NFPA’s “Learn Not to Burn” school program and PSAs starring actor Dick Van Dyke. Through our research, we have determined that the concept of “Stop, Drop and Roll” was first mentioned in America Burning 1, published by the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control in 1973.
Google searches yielded a few interesting results about the history of the practice, including a National Fire Academy white paper, Dick Van Dyke Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and public search database. There were no references to the history of “Stop, Drop and Roll” in textbooks, the Cochrane database, or published literature reviewed. Many did not know the origins of “Stop, Drop and Roll.” Some experts cited the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation as the organization that coined the term “Stop, Drop and Roll”, while some cited the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). In the expert interviews conducted, many experts cited “Stop, Drop and Roll” as an educational tool, but none cited its history. The research addressed the history of “Stop, Drop and Roll” as well as its benefits and concerns surrounding its practice in fire and burn situations. The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation (AARBF) hired a consultant to conduct expert interviews and a literary search on “Stop, Drop and Roll” in April 2020.
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