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Risk Watch
Risk Watch® is an injury prevention program for
children in preschool through grade eight. Developed by the
National Fire
Protection Association, Risk Watch® is designed to help children and
families create safer homes and communities by teaching those skills and
knowledge they need to make positive choices about their personal safety and
well being. Risk Watch® seeks to prevent the major injuries which threaten
children in this age group.
Many fire departments in Alabama have
acquired Risk Watch and are implementing it in their communities. The
Alabama Fire College sponsors the Risk Watch program in 28 communities,
reaching more than 30,000 Alabama children.
This site supports communities who are using
the Risk Watch curriculum to promote injury prevention. Below you will find
more information on these Risk Watch subjects.
What is Risk Watch?
Risk Watch Curriculum Correlation to Alabama Course of Study
Risk Watch Champion Management Team
Alabama Risk Watch Life Saves
Alabama Risk Watch Evaluation Results
Risk Watch Resource Kits
Risk Watch Book List
Risk Watch Website
Sparky Website
For
more information on how your community can receive a Risk Watch grant from
the Alabama Fire College, contact
Jerri
Ayers.
What is Risk Watch®?
Risk
Watch® is the first comprehensive injury prevention curriculum available for
use in schools. Developed by the
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
and the Lowe's Home Safety Council in collaboration with a distinguished
coalition of national experts, the private sector, and safety advocates,
Risk Watch® has been field-tested successfully in the United States and
Canada. It is presented in five teaching modules with lessons that address
the eight risk areas that are responsible for the injuries and deaths of the
greatest number of kids each year. The modules have been designed for
maximum flexibility so that the program can be taught as a stand-alone unit
or easily integrated into core curriculum subjects such as health, language
arts or physical education.
Each of
the following topics is presented in every Risk Watch® module:
Motor Vehicle Safety
Fire and Burn Prevention
Choking, Suffocation and Strangulation Prevention
Poisoning Prevention
Falls Prevention
Firearms Injury Prevention
Bike and Pedestrian Safety
Water Safety
A few
bumps and bruises are an unavoidable by-product of a healthy childhood. But
most serious injuries are not inevitable. Traffic injuries, drownings, fire,
scald burns, chokings, poisoning, and falls are not random accidents they
are predictable and preventable. With education, motivation and the support
of caring adults, children can learn to be Much safer.
Our
commitment to this goal is crucial, because each year preventable injuries
and deaths exact a terrible toll. Every year in the United States,
one-quarter of all children ages 14 and under are hurt seriously enough to
require medical attention. Each time a child is injured or killed by
something that could easily have been prevented, everyone suffers - the
child, his or her family, classmates and friends, and the entire community.
The time for Risk Watch® has come. |
