Safety

Competency Goal 1: the learner will develop the skills needed to exhibit safety measures an procedures in a variety of situations in the

community , home and work place.

Safety

• Personal Safety Awareness

• Personal safety is about risk reduction, using good common sense and trusting your instincts.

Protect Yourself at Home

• Lock your door, even when you intend to return home shortly. It takes a thief ten seconds or less to enter an open room and steal your property.

• Lock or secure doors and windows when you are alone or asleep.

• Keep emergency numbers by your phone.

• Do not leave messages on your door or on your voice mail indicating that you are away and when you will return.

• Do not let strangers enter your house.

• If someone asks to use your phone for an emergency call, offer to telephone for them instead of allowing them access.

• Do not put your address on your key ring.

• Know your neighbors.

• Do not leave keys in hiding places. Thieves will find them. Carry your keys or make sure that anyone who truly needs them has their own copy.

• Call 911 to report suspicious persons or activities in or around your neighborhood.

• Open a savings or checking account instead of keeping money in your room.

• Keep automatic teller machine cards in a safe place, and keep your PIN number secret. When possible, only use ATM machines during the day.

• Instead of carrying large sums of cash, use a charge card. Some charge cards insure property purchased with those cards against loss, theft or damage.

• If you find yourself in immediate danger, call 911; try to stay calm and get away at the first opportunity.

Protect Yourself When Walking

• Avoid walking alone at night unless absolutely necessary.

• Call 911 to report suspicious persons

or activity in or around your neighborhood.

• Avoid shortcuts and dark, isolated

areas.

• Walk purposefully, know where you are going, and project a no-nonsense image.

• Avoid potentially dangerous situations.

• If you feel threatened, cross the street, locate an emergency phone, or enter a store or place of business even if you have just left it.

• Have your door keys ready; carry them in your pockets, not buried in a purse.

• If you carry pepper spray, be familiar

with how it works and have it available in case you need it.

Protect Yourself When Using Public Transportation

• Have your fare or pass ready in hand when boarding the bus.

• During off hours, ride as near to the driver as possible.

• If someone on the bus bothers you, change seats and tell the driver.

• Look around when getting off the bus or trolley, and be aware of those around you.

• If you are going to be out late, be sure you have cab fare.

• At night, avoid dark and isolated intersections or stops.

Protect Yourself from Carjacking

• Carjacking is the taking of a motor

vehicle in the possession of another by

means of force or fear.

Security conscious drivers are less likely

to be a victim of carjacking than those

who are careless.

Getting In

• Reduce your chances of being carjacked by walking to your car purposefully, and stay alert.

• Approach your car with the key in hand. Look around and inside the car before getting in.

Getting Out

• Park in well-lighted areas, near sidewalks or walkways. Avoid parking near dumpsters, wooded areas, large vans or trucks, or anything else that limits your visibility.

• Never leave valuables in plain view even if the car is locked. Put them in the trunk or out of sight.

• Keep doors locked and windows rolled up, no matter how short the distance or how safe the area.

• Look around, especially at places where you slow down or stop such as garages and parking lots, intersections, self-serve gas stations and car washes, highway entry and exit ramps, and ATMs.

• When coming to a stop, leave enough room to maneuver around other cars, especially if you sense trouble and need to get away.

• Avoid driving alone, if possible. Travel with someone, especially at night.

• Don’t stop to assist a stranger whose car has broken down. Help instead by using your cell phone or driving to the nearest phone and calling police to help.

• Always keep your car well maintained, and make sure you have plenty of gas

If It Happens to You

• If the carjacker threatens you with a gun or other weapon, give up your car. Don’t argue. Your life is worth more than a car.

• Get away as quickly as possible.

• Contact the police immediately.

Safety in the Home

• How can I protect people in my home from accidental poisoning:

• more than 1 million children under the age of 6 are victims of accidental poisonings each year.

• You can keep your family safe by identifying and locking up toxic materials and knowing what to do if your child touches, inhales, or swallows a poison.

How can I tell which substances are poisonous?

• These are some of the hazardous substances most commonly ingested by children under age six:

2. Cosmetics and personal care products

3. Household plants, especially philodendron

4. Cough and cold medicines

4. Vitamin supplements, especially iron pills

5. Cleaning products including dishwashing detergent, draincleaner, oven cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, and rust remover

6. Analgesics pain killers such as acetaminophen or aspirintaken at an inappropriate dosage

Poisons continued

7. Prescription drugs, especially antidepressantsand time-release drugs

8. Paint thinner, paint remover, kerosene, and lighter fluids

9. Pesticides

• If someone in your house accidentally takes a poison call the following Number

• If you don't know if a product is poisonous, check the label or call the American Association of Poison Control Centers' hotline at (800) 222-1222.

What to to protect yourself from danger? • Eight safety tips:

2. Always check first with my parents or the person in charge before I go anywhere or get into a car, even with someone I know.

• Always check first with my parents or a trusted adult before I accept anything from anyone, even from someone I know

• always take a friend with me when I go places I’ve never been before.

• Know the, address, telephone number and my parents' full names.

• I say no LOUDLY if someone tries to touch me or treat me in a way that makes me feel scared, uncomfortable or confused. If they do not stop I WILL SCREAM CONTINUALLY!

• I know that I can tell my parents or a trusted adult if I feel scared, uncomfortable or confused.

• It's okay to say no even to an adult, and I know that there will always be someone who can help me.

• I am strong, smart and have the right to be safe.

Teens should:

• Tell someone where they are at all times or leave a written or recorded message at home.

• Never hitchhike.

• Avoid shortcuts through empty parks, fields, alleys.

• Run home or go to the nearest public place and yell for help if they are being followed.

• Learn to recognize suspicious behavior and remember a description of the person or vehicle to give you or the police. Write the plate number in the dirt or snow if nothing else is available.

• If attacked for money, jewelry or clothing give it up rather than risk injury

Student activity

• Have students go to the computer center and research the following topics

• Home safety http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/falls/fallprev4.pdf

• have them down load this list and take it home, complete the list then have them make up a safety poster that highlights some of the safety issues that they can share with their classmates.

Electrical Safety

• http://www.austinenergy.com/About%20Us/Outreach/Safety/For%20Kids/Electrical%20Safety%20World/index.html

• There are work sheets and activities and games on the computer and smart board to do.

Pedestrian safety

• http://www.integratingstandards.org/dcd/html/cplessons11.html

Motor vehicle Safety

• Automobile accident is the number one cause of deaths among toddlers, kids, teens & young adults ages 1 through 29.

• Be aware that number one cause of car accidents is driver's behavior (aggressive or ignorant) - not mechanical failure or road conditions.

• Car accident is the number 1 cause of deaths among children.

• Don't rush - Don't get upset - Don't multi-task - Don't drink when you drive - such behaviors will harm you or others

• Pay attention - Be courteous on the road - such behaviors will save your life and others.

• Aggressive driving and Ignorant driving behaviors are contributing to unnecessary DEATHS big time!

• Remember: defensive driving really saves lives.

10 Tips to Prevent Car Accidents

• Avoid drinking and driving.

• Minimize distractions such as reading newspapers or talking on the cell phone when driving.

• Properly maintain vehicles. Tune up cars according to maintenance schedule, and especially take note monthly of tire condition.

• Do not encourage aggressive drivers. Let other aggressive driving behavior roll off your back, or call the police. Losing your temper could worsen the situation.

• Leave a safe distance between your cars and others. For every 10 miles per hour of speed, leave at least one car length space between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead.

• Maintain a constant speed. Don’t continually slow down or speed up.

• Adjust mirrors properly and check the side and rear-view mirrors every 15 seconds.

• Take defensive driving classes to improve your ability to drive and be better prepared for the unpredictable behavior of other motorists.

• Proceed with great caution through intersections. Intersections are the center of most accidents. When entering an intersection, look left, then right, then left again to ensure the area is clear.

• Proceed with great caution through intersections. Intersections are the center of most accidents. When entering an intersection, look left, then right, then left again to ensure the area is clear.

• Be sufficiently aware of road conditions and be more visible. Keep your lights on at dusk and dawn and during rain, as is the law in most states. Understand basic vehicle dynamics, such as knowing how to recover from a skid.

Motor Vehicle Safety

• Have students research and create a graph that identifies the different types of automobile accidents teenagers have.

• Percent caused by drinking, drugs, cell phones, speeding etc.

• Create a pie chart showing the percents

• Then have them create a rule that could reduce each type of acident.

Goals 1.07 – 1.11

• Have students create safety posters

• Students pick one safety situation at home, or in the work place and in the community from the following list .

Topics for safety poster

• Home safety• Electrical safety• Motor vehicle safety

• Public transportation safety

• Hitchhiking• Being Lost

• Gun safety

• Water safety• Bicycle safety• Fire safety

• Identify poisons and safety precautions for handling them

• The importance of having a fire safety plan for their house

Goals 1.12 – 1.14