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New This Month: Prevent Drowning in Your Community
Highlight swimming pool and spa dangers virtually with MySafeHome.org. Common Voices Fire Sprinkler Advocate Podcast Listen to the recent Firehouse.com pod cast featuring a panel discussion on the importance of residential fire sprinklers. The informative session is sponsored by the National Fire Sprinkler Association, and features Common Voices Coalition advocates and national fire service experts. Download HSC’s fire sprinkler resources for educators. Download HSC’s fire sprinkler information for consumers. Evaluation Input Sought for NFA Course Read the latest Bottom Line column to learn how you can help the developers of the new NFA Course entitled, Demonstrating Your Prevention Program’s Worth. Learn more about National Fire Academy courses Have You Experienced MySafeHome.org Yet? MySafeHome.org is the Home Safety Council’s innovative virtual presentation of home safety, indoors and out. Users can go room-by-room to identify the most common injury risks as well as the steps they can take to prevent them in their own homes. Safety educators will find MySafeHome.org to be a useful tool to teach about fire safety and prevention of falls, poisoning, drowning and other leading causes of home injury. Visit often. The site is being updated regularly. PLAN AHEAD: SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH You can help your community be ready for any disaster. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sponsors National Preparedness Month in September. Atlantic Hurricane Season The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November. Download HSC’s free Hurricane Safety information. Get Your Community Ready Download disaster preparedness materials for your community. Get Ready with Freddie! Help prepare students for any emergency with your free copy of Get Ready with Freddie! Talking About Disasters The Coalition of Organizations for Disaster Education, of which HSC is a member, has prepared an online, printable version of the Talking About Disasters: Guide for Standard Messages. This free guide is intended to help you provide disaster safety information to your community. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: WEBINARS Ten Archived Webinars Available On Demand, at No Cost to You Thanks in part to funding awarded through a 2006 Fire Prevention and Safety grant, HSC offers Webinars designed for community safety educators. Listen to archives of all Expert Network Webinars. UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS August 14-16, 2008 The International Association of Fire Chiefs’ Fire Rescue International conference and exhibit will be held in Denver, CO. August 18-19, 2008 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annual Conference on Assessment Initiative will focus on the collection of community health information. It will be held in Atlanta, GA. September 9-12, 2008 The National Association of County & City Health Officials and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials will hold their annual joint conference in Sacramento, CA. September 14-23, 2008 Voting Governmental Members of the International Code Council (ICC) will have the opportunity to vote on a requirement to install fire sprinkler systems in new homes during the ICC’s Final Action Hearing, which will take place in Minneapolis September 14-23, 2008. September 15-17, 2008 The 2008 National Healthy Homes Conference will be held in Baltimore, MD. October 11-14, 2008 The American Academy of Pediatrics national conference and exhibition will be held in Boston, MA. October 14-17, 2008 Salt Lake City, UT is the venue for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). October 13-17, 2008 The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians hosts its annual meeting and EMS expo in Las Vegas, NV. October 15-18, 2008 The Safe Kids Worldwide Child Injury Prevention Conference will take place in Washington, D.C., October 15-18, 2008. October 23-25, 2008 SOPHE, the Society for Public Health Education, holds it’s 2008 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. October 25-29, 2008 The 2008 annual meeting and expo of the American Public Health Association will be in San Diego, CA. STIPDA Presentations If you missed the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA) 2008 Joint Meeting, you can download presentations and other post-meeting updates. ELECTRICAL SAFETY New Web Site Resource The Fire Protection Research Foundation has developed a new web site to focus on the problem of electrical wiring dangers in homes. The Foundation has also published the findings of a survey on hazardous electrical conditions. Download the Report in PDF HELP SENIORS LIVE BETTER, LONGER CDC Effort Underway to Prevent Fall-Related Brain Injury The Home Safety Council is proud to support a national injury-prevention initiative being undertaken by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The program aims to educate children and other caregivers of adults age 75 and over about ways to prevent, recognize and respond to fall-related traumatic brain injury. Free community awareness materials are available for download. CHILD SAFETY Play Equipment Safety Help parents and caregivers in your community protect children from play equipment injuries. Download HSC’s free safety guidelines for play areas at home. The National Program for Playground Safety offers additional online information for residential and public play areas. Empower Your Community to Keep Children Safer Free community safety resources for fire and life safety educators: Home Safety Council’s “Toy Safety” “Preventing Backovers in America’s Driveways” American Academy of Pediatrics “10 Tips for Child Advocates” American Academy of Pediatrics “About Bicycle Helmets” Teach Children to become Safety Rangers HSC’s CodeRedRover.org can help children in your community learn how to spot home injury dangers. USFA SMOKING & HOME FIRES CAMPAIGN Help Reduce Home Smoking-Materials Fires in Your Community The Home Safety Council is a partner with the U.S. Fire Administration in the 2008 Smoking & Home Fires Campaign, intended to help reduce the incidence of home fires started by smoking materials. Free community safety materials are part of the campaign. HOME FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM ADVOCACY Free HSC Resources
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For consumers: Free Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) Resources HFSC has produced a free new video on DVD to educate local officials about home fire sprinklers. Sprinkler Smarts introduces children in grades K-5 to home fire sprinklers. HFSC’s Public Education Kit presentation tools on CD and DVD. The Common Voices Coalition, sponsored by the National Fire Sprinkler Association, is a group of advocates who have been personally affected by fire tragedy. The International Residential Code Fire Sprinkler Coalition supports residential sprinkler legislation. Learn how you can get involved. HARD COPY SAFETY EDUCATION MATERIALS Order Teaching Tools from HSC at Low Cost Members of the Expert Network: visit HSC’s Products and Publications to order “hard copy” teaching materials at the cost of shipping and handling only – just $7.50 for 1-3 items. Quantity discounts are also available. DOWNLOADABLE SAFETY EDUCATION MATERIALS Valuable Community Education Outreach Tools Visit HSC’s Resource Center to download and print a wide range of free community teaching tools. Easy-to-Duplicate Handouts Download the new home injury prevention handouts with line drawing illustrations and safety messages for the top five causes of home injury. Developed by the Home Safety Council, these tools are easy to read and simple to duplicate in quantity. Spanish Download free Spanish-language teaching tools from the Home Safety Council. Free Curriculum Kit for Grades K-4 Download and print the free Great Safety Adventure Curriculum Kit for grades K-4. With Classroom Guides available in English and Spanish, the GSA Kit is a smart way to help families in your community practice better home safety, preventing injuries from falls, poisoning and fires and burns. 110th U.S. CONGRESS
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