UI Public Health Students Equip Junior High School Pupils with Firefighting Skills

A thin plume of smoke rose in the courtyard of SMP Negeri 107 Jakarta. With hands still visibly nervous, a student aimed a light fire extinguisher at the fire point in front of him. Several of his friends watched enthusiastically, while an instructor provided guidance from the side. Not far from there, another group of students took turns performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a mannequin, learning how to save lives during the first critical seconds of an emergency. The scene is perhaps not a common sight in a junior high school environment. Yet, it was there that the students not only learned about safety but experienced it directly. The experience was part of K3KITA 2.0, a community service programme initiated by the Occupational Safety and Health (K3) division of the Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia (FKM UI) at SMP Negeri 107 Jakarta on 17–18 June 2026. The programme was funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology through the Community Partnership Empowerment scheme and received support from the Directorate of Community Service and Social Innovation at the University of Indonesia. Through the programme, UI academics sought to strengthen the safety culture in educational settings from an early age. K3KITA 2.0 was chaired by UI K3 lecturer Abdul Kadir and carried out with five students from the Occupational Safety and Health Study Programme, one student from the Public Health Study Programme, and three student volunteers from the Occupational Safety and Health Study Programme. The programme was also supported by lecturer Rahmi from the University of Indonesia and Bangga Agung Satrya from Esa Unggul University.