Child Passenger Safety Links:
Air Bag Safety
Buckle Up Workshop
Car Seat Check
Options for Obtaining a Child Safety Seat
Keeping Kids Happy in Safety Seats
Report Violation
Top 10 Mistakes
Activities for Kids
KidsCorner
Michael 4SafetyColoring Activity
Super Sitters
News Links
Resources
Bike Helmet Program
Safety Links
Safety Surveys
Video&Other Resources
Volunteer
Resources/Programs
Save-A-Life – This is a statewide smoke alarm distribution program that works in partnership with local fire departments. Each fire department is eligible for up to 50 free smoke alarms each year if they are matched with 50 alarms purchased with local funding. Alarms are distributed to low-income families with children.
Brittany Project – This is a program in which life jackets are available for loan at most state and federal lakes in Oklahoma. Named for 4-year-old Brittany Mobley, who drowned at Lake Thunderbird, the program began when Brittany’s mother, Dona Williams, partnered with Oklahoma SAFE KIDS to obtain funding for loaner life jackets and kiosks on which the jackets hang. At some of the U.S. Corps of Engineers lakes, the jackets are available at the gatehouses.
Please Be Seated – Initiated in 1992, this program allows concerned citizens to report moving vehicles carrying unrestrained children. Patterned after a program in Virginia, the program allows motorists to carry Please Be Seated postcards in their vehicles and use them to report non-compliant drivers. The postcards request the tag number of the vehicle, date and time of reported offense, and number and ages of unrestrained children. The owner of the vehicle receives a packet with information on the importance of buckling up children and child passenger safety resources. Please Be Seated is purely educational, and non-compliant drivers are not reported to law enforcement.
Resource Library – More than 100 videos are available for loan from SAFE KIDS’ resource center. Borrowing is free, with the borrower simply paying for return postage. Resources may be checked out for up to two weeks, with a limit of three resources at a time. In addition to videos, the resource center offers audio tapes, books (for children and adults), CD’s, children’s games, puppet shows (complete with puppets and portable theater), etc. If you would like to see a listing of what is available, please click here.
Risk Watch – This classroom curriculum, developed by the National Fire Protection Administration, is already being taught in about 25 Oklahoma communities, and is easily implemented. A comprehensive injury prevention curriculum, Risk Watch is geared for pre-K through 8th grade. It integrates all the core subjects including math, science, and language arts. A limited number of Oklahoma communities are eligible each year for free Risk Watch resources from Oklahoma SAFE KIDS.
Operation Fire safe – Currently, more than 50 percent of all reported arson fires in central Oklahoma are started by children and adolescents. Established to combat juvenile fire setting, the Operation Fire safe program is sponsored by the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG), Oklahoma SAFE KIDS and numerous metro area fire departments. It offers fire education for children and parents, as well as counseling for children who have been involved in juvenile fire play in an effort to address the root problem.
SAFE KIDS Buckle Up – One ongoing program of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign and its coalitions is SAFE KIDS Buckle Up. A long-term effort to get more children restrained and restrained properly in vehicles, SKBU includes child safety seat check-ups and child passenger safety training classes for professionals and other interested advocates. Classes are offered at various locations throughout the state and range in length from one day to four days.
Speakers Bureau – Willing volunteers are ready to speak to your group on a wide variety of topics related to child injury prevention. The presentation can be tailored to fit your time frame and audience demographics. Minimum audience is 15. Topics include child passenger safety, burn prevention, water safety, bicycle safety, toy safety, playground safety, poison prevention, general child safety, etc.