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Fire safety for kids Fire Safety & Education, The United States Fire Administration, helps parents teach kids the importance of fire safety. The site has all kinds of activities for you to do with your child, like fire safety games, a coloring book, word games, and a quiz that kids can pass to become a Junior Fire Marshall. Sparky the Firedog is the “spokesdog” of the National Fire Protection Agency. This site teaches kids all about fire safety and prevention, fire trucks, and even Dalmatians. The Berks County Kid's Safety House web site offers games to help your child learn about fire hazards. It includes a bedroom and kitchen hazard hunt, pages that can be printed out and colored in by your child, and much more. Kids Fire Safety Tips. Meet Buzzy the fire alarm, Reddy the fire extinguisher, Squirt the water drop, and all of their friends as they come together to teach your child all about fire hazards and how to keep safe: Bike helmet safety for kids The American Academy of Pediatrics has a site from The Injury Prevention Program that will help parents convince kids to wear helmets and will help kids enjoy learning about the importance of wearing bicycle helmets. The Bike Hub from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has great information for parents and fun games for kids that will teach them the importance of bicycle safety. General safety for kids The Consumer Product Safety Commission created this site to teach kids how to be safe with consumer products. It includes fun games for you child to play and has tips on home and bike safety, as well as firework safety tips. The Lil’ Iguana Children’s Safety Foundation provides safety tips for young children on everything from matches to strangers to skiing. This is a great site for kids as well as parents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration web site takes kids on a virtual safety tour with Vince and Larry, the crash test dummies, to learn all about being safe while riding bikes, while in cars, safe at home, in school, at work, and in the community. Other useful safety links The National Safe Kids Campaign, an organization dedicated to reducing unintentional injury in children under 14 provides links to web sites containing an array of safety information, from toys to playgrounds to fire. SafeUSA is a working alliance of major public and private partners dedicated to reducing injuries in the home, on the move, at school, at work, and in the community. This site includes several useful tips and many links to other resources. Lowe's Home Safety Council, founded by Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, is dedicated to helping families improve their quality of life through knowledge and better home safety practices. It includes tips on household safety, hidden hazards, and different products to help childproof your home. It also contains information on fire, water, and other types of safety hazards. |
