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Fire Prevention and Safety is Everyone's Business
Safety Spotlight: Preventing Sports Injuries
Good weather means outdoor sports and activities! The following resources can be used to help educate and prepare athletes and their parents for a safe and healthy spring and summer.
Eye Injury Prevention
The Coalition To Prevent Sports Eye Injuries was created to substantially reduce the number of avoidable eye injuries that occur in today's sports and recreational environment.
http://www.sportseyeinjuries.com/
Youth Sports NY
The SUNY Youth Sports Institute has been chartered by The State University of New York to identify the challenges of youth sports, refine its opportunities, to correct its inadequacies, to encourage the positive attributes of current sport programs, and to assist local communities create sustainable positive sport environments.
Injury Free Coalition for Kids
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids is among the country's fastest growing and most effective injury prevention programs. They are a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation comprised of hospital-based, community-oriented programs, whose efforts are anchored in research, education, and advocacy.
SafetyLit
A collaboration between the World Health Organization and the San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health
Safety Spotlight: Evacuation Plans for People with Disabilities
More than 43 million Americans have a disability. The identity of the group of Americans with disabilities is constantly changing — at any moment we ourselves could become part of this group, for maybe a short time or maybe for a long time.
NFPA's Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities was developed with input from the disability community. It provides information on the five general categories of disabilities (mobility, visual, hearing, speech, and cognitive) and the four elements of evacuation information that occupants need (notification, way finding, use of the way, and assistance).
The Guide includes a checklist that building services managers and people with disabilities can use to design a personalized evacuation plan. The annexes give government resources and text based on the relevant code requirements and ADA criteria.
Other Safety Guides (PDF/PPT/Video Format)
Carbon Monoxide - learn the warning signs of this odorless and colorless killer
Chimney Safety - chimney fires can destroy entire homes - don't become a victim!
Cooking Safely - most fire occur in the kitchen - follow these simple steps to keep safe
Home Heating Safety - simple guidelines to prevent fires from home heating appliances
Home Safety Checklist - a basic checklist that can keep your family safe all year long
About Smoke Detectors - with proper installation and maintenance, these simple devices are your first line of defense against harmful smoke and flames
NEW Kitchen Fires video - don't make this mistake! Oil fires can be deadly.
NEW Fire Safety Powerpoint - understand the chemistry of fires, the type of fires that can occur, and what you can do to stay safe in a fire.
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