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Home Safety

Reaching Beyond Traditional Safety Messaging by Meri-K Appy
(May/June 2008)
Tapping into Virtual Technology to Reduce Home Injuries by Meri-K Appy
(October 2007)

Fire Safety

Fire Safety Solutions for People with Disabilities by Nancy J. Trench
(July 2007)
Fire Safety: Only a Mouse Click Away by Janet Knowles
(December 2007)

Home Fire Sprinklers

Have You Requested Your Free Fire Sprinkler Education Materials?
by Peg Paul
(December 2008)
ICC Final Action Hearings: Sprinkler History in the Making!
by Meri-K Appy
(August 2008)

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide Safety Gains Ground with New ICC Code Requirement by Deborah Hanson
(November 2008)

Falls Prevention

Every Fire Department Needs Older Adult Fall Prevention Outreach by Chief Dennis Compton
(February 2005)
Resolve to Reduce Falls by Meri-K Appy
(December 2005)

Poison Prevention

Poison Center Educators Are Your 24/7 Partners by Rose Ann G. Soloway
(February 2008)
Prescription Pain Pills Largely Responsible for Increase in Poison Deaths in the U.S. by Monique A. Sheppard, Ph.D.
(March 2009)

Water Safety

The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act Will Dramatically Change the way Pools/Spas are Maintained and Constructed in the U.S
by Alan Korn
(April 2009)

Disaster Predparedness

Helping People Get Ready and Know What To Do for Disaster
by Rocky Lopes
(August 2007)

Safety Advocates & Educators

Advocating for a Safer America by Patricia Adkins
(March 2007)
Change Comes to Washington – What Does This Mean for Safety Advocates? by Patricia Adkins
(February 2009)
Managing Difficult Times…Again by Chief Dennis Compton
(September/October 2008)
ProLiteracy and HSC: Opening New Doors for Fire and Life Safety Education by Linda Church, ProLiteracy America
(January 2009)
SafetyLit.org Offers Vast Field of Knowledge
(April 2008)
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