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Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute - Bicycle helmets make good sense. Many parts of the U.S. and Canada, plus all of Australia, require helmets. Other places are studying such laws and may require helmets as well. This all-volunteer organization tells you what types of helmets meet safety standards and where you can get inexpensive ones. According to this site, a round, smooth helmet is better than one with points that can snag on pavement. Visit this site for much, much more about bike and helmet safety.
CCAPS - The KidZone - If you're lost in the woods, what should you do? The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say you should "Hug a Tree!" Not only because the tree is your friend, but also because it will help you to remember to stay put and not wander around. Lost kids are easier to find that way. There's a Hug a Tree coloring and story book at this site, as well as a general safety coloring book. This site is also available in French.
Children Home Alone - This site is loaded with safety tips for Children when they are home alone. There is a comic kids can read, a safety check list and more!
Children's Safety Zone-Babysitters Guide - Nervous about handing your child to a babysitter? Make sure he or she knows what to do in case of an emergency. Print out the guide babysitter guide and go over it with the babysitter before you leave.
Coroner's Report - Information and Resources on Gangwar Intervention and Prevention - How much do you know about gangs? Do you think you could spot warning signs that might indicate your child was involved with a gang? If you need a quick education on gangs, graffiti "tagging," and hand signals, visit this site and its associated links. Created by an outspoken retired coroner, this Web site may shock you. The page offers this quote: "The choice today is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It's either nonviolence or nonexistence."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Florida State Fire College Kids Site - Follow Li'l Boots into the firehouse as he explains the features and uses of various kinds of firefighting vehicles, including pumpers, ladder and aerial trucks, and special-use equipment. How has fighting fires changed over the years? Find out at this site.
Harcourt Health - Do you know how to dress for safety when you play football or speed down the street on your inline skates? If not, you can practice by dressing up an otter in the Grade 2 selection area. Just click and drag on the various pads and mouth guards and boxer shorts and sandals, and see if you can make the right choices. You can also look for the 13 hazards in the Disaster Kitchen, waiting for you in the Grade 3 section. Check Grade 5's Skeleton Shakedown to see how good you are at putting a skeleton back together, and in Grade 6 there's even more, including a tobacco and alcohol quiz.
Home and Family Safety - Discover safety tips and ideas such as balloon safety, child safety in your car, drinking water safety, home heating safety, infant safety tips, prevention tips, and more!!
Introduction to Baby Proofing - Providing a safe environment for your children is a blow-by-blow experience and a constant challenge to your imagination. During the first years they look to you for all their needs, including protection from themselves and your environment. This is an excellent room by room guide to childproofing your home, includes the garage and swimming pool.
Keep Schools Safe - National Association of Attorneys General/National School Boards Association offers many suggestions to help parents, teachers, and administrators to stop violence in schools. There are articles on crisis management, student participation, crime reporting and tracing, training for school personel, discipline codes, and lots more.
Kid Safety on the Internet - Sometimes it's hard to stay safe and play safe. What do you do if a bully starts picking on you? What do you do if you are in an accident? What do you do if a stranger contacts you on the Internet? Find the answer to these and many other safety questions on this site, provided by the University of Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. If you read all the information here, you'll be a safety expert!
Kidd Safety - The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants you to try all of "Kidd" Safety's games. (He's a little cartoon goat. His name is Kidd. Get it?) Look for the dangerous situations around the house. Do you see one? Good--now click on it and play a concentration-style matching game. After that you can try a word search puzzle or try to skateboard to the park while picking up safety equipment and avoiding branches and squirrels. You have 90 seconds--GO!
KidsSafe - Site devoted to child safety, and parenting. You will find plenty of useful information including Child Proofing Guide, Poison Control Centers, Houshold Poisons, Current Product Recalls, and much more.
My 8 Rules for Safety - What are "Checking first," "Using the buddy system," and "Trusting your feelings"? These are three of the eight rules for safety developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. To stay safe, it's important to stay with friends when you are outside, to always tell your parents or caregiver where you are going, and to trust your feelings if you think something is wrong. This site is presented by Child Find Canada. You'll also find rules for older kids and how to keep safe on the Net.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - Some families are looking for their missing children. Check their photos. Have you seen any of these kids? Maybe you can help! This site lets you search by state, physical description, and other characteristics. If you have a Web page of your own, check the How You Can Help area.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information for Kids Only - Go to Be Smart, Don't Start, then Pick a Brain, any brain. You'll find out what effects marijuana, alcohol, inhalants, and tobacco have on brains. Does someone you know abuse drugs or alcohol? There's a section called How to Help Someone that will tell you what you can do. Wally Bear and the Know Gang offer word search puzzles, coloring books, and even information on Internet safety. Just say yes and visit this site.
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. - Trains are fascinating, but dangerous. Did you know that a big 150-car freight train traveling at 50 mph can take up to 1.5 miles to come to a complete stop? In the U.S. there are about 6,000 deaths and injuries per year involving trains and cars or pedestrians walking on the tracks. Most train accidents occur when the train is traveling 30 mph or slower. Even at 30 mph, the approximate stopping distance is 3,500 feet, or two-thirds of a mile! Operation Lifesaver educates adults and kids on trains and train safety. There are also coloring pages and suggested activities. Make tracks to visit here soon.
PIRG Toy Safety - Public Interest Research Group provides this comprehensive annual survey on toy safety. Includes a list of potentially dangerous toys.
Poison Center Answer Book - This informative site contains fact sheets on everything from spider bites to food poisoning. You'll learn how to poison-proof your house, yard, and garage.
Preventing and Fighting Fires - Different types of materials produce different types of fires. Charcoal burns slowly, with an even glow. Other materials, such as coal and wood, produce a flame. A very rapid burning fire is created by gunpowder or dynamite, and the large amount of gases produced makes a violent explosion. Find out about fires and the various techniques used in fighting them at this site from World Book Encyclopedia. There is also an interesting section on great fires throughout history.
Safe @ Home - The Childproofers Guide to a Baby Safe Home - Safe @ Home provides a free and comprehensive step-by-step guide to childproofing every room in a house or apartment. Also includes product recalls.
Safe Within - Safe Within is an ever-changing site that provides news and information relating to you and your family's safety, security, health, and sense of well-being.
SafetyAlerts.com - Comprehensive consumer product recall warnings, keep up to date on all kinds of safety issues from recalled toys and infant items, to food and drug recalls. Health and Safety News updated continously. Free email alert service available.
Smartplay - Learn to prevent sports injuries to various parts of your anatomy by stretching and warming up first. If you are hurt, remember to use the "RICER" technique: Rest the injury, Ice it, Compress it, Elevate it, and Refer it to a health care practitioner. At this site you'll learn about the intricate wonder called your knee, as well as other parts of your body. If you're squeamish, avoid the Ouch! movies, which show sports injuries as they occurred.
Smokey Says - Who can prevent forest fires? Only you, of course! You need to know how to safely handle matches and fire, and Smokey Bear and his friends can help you learn how. Try the Shockwave games, and you won't get burned, even though this site is hot!
Splashzone - Pool & Spa Safety - A resource of information about the swimming pool, spa and hot tub industry providing up-to-date news to industry professionals as well as tips to consumers about safety, chemistry, maintenance and service. An extensive searchable library gives product information and provides links to other industry-related sites.
Test Your Reflexes - Do you think you would react faster if you saw a sign, or if you heard a sound? At this Web site you can test your guess.
Vince & Larry's Safety City - Larry and Vince are real dummies--crash test dummies, that is. They have been in over 10,000 car crashes over the years, in order to test car safety. What happens at the Car Testing Grounds? What's the correct way to wear a seat belt? Are air bags more trouble than they are worth? What's the best way to be safe around school buses? What's up with bicycle safety? Larry and Vince give you the answers. They also give you the questions in the Safety Challenge Trivia game--can you beat the current high score?
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