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or children ages 14 and

under, the #1 health risk
isnt kidnapping, drugs,
or disease. Its injuries.

The statistics are staggering. Traffic

injuries, drownings, fires and burns,
firearm injuries, falls, poisonings
each year in the United States,
unintentional injuries kill more than
7,000 kids and permanently
disable more than 50,000.
Thats more than drugs and
disease combined. 13 mil-

With proper education,

children can learn to
be much safer and
prevent injuries.

lion childrenone in four

are injured seriously enough
to require medical attention.

Help keep kids safe!

In Canada, injuries are the leading

cause of death for children over one
year of age. Risk Watch helps kids beat
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Lesson 1

the odds. With proper

Motor Vehicle
Safety

education, children

Lesson 2
Fire and Burn
Prevention

can learn to be much

Lesson 3

safer and prevent

injuries. And thats
exactly what Risk Watch
is designed to do. Perfect
for schools as well as

Lesson 4

Choking, Suffocation,
and Strangulation
Prevention

Risk Watch activities

combine teaching and
imagination to help
children learn to promote their own personal
safety, as well as that
of their family and
community.

Poisoning
Prevention

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

educational programs in
Falls
Prevention

fire departments, hospitals, and other

Firearms Injury
Prevention

community agencies, Risk Watch gives

Lesson 7

kids the skills and knowledge they

need to recognize and avoid risks.
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Bike and
Pedestrian Safety

Lesson 8
Water Safety

Risk Watch is a trademark of the National Fire Protection Association.

Support from a coalition of North

Americas most authoritative
injury prevention professionals
ensures information of the highest
quality
Helping NFPA develop Risk
Watch is a Technical Advisory
Group comprised of a select team
of professionals representing
national organizations with recognized expertise in each risk area.
They provide research data,
technical content, and appropriate
prevention messages as well as a
review of curriculum lessons.
The members of this distinguished
group represent:

A broad-based injury
prevention program developed
by a pioneering force in safety
education.
For more than 20 years, the
National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) has been the
leader in developing quality, comprehensive fire safety education.
During that time, we have seen
just how powerful a weapon education can be. For example, our
widely acclaimed Learn Not to
Burn Curriculum, used in more
than 250,000 classrooms nationwide as well as in Canada and
Great Britain, has helped save
hundreds of people from fire
injury or death since its introduction in 1979.
Building on this success,
NFPA has expanded the scope
of its educational efforts and
teamed up with Lowes Home
Safety Council and a coalition of
North Americas most authoritative
injury prevention professionals to
develop Risk Watch. This innovative curriculum targets the eight
major risk areas that kill or injure
the most children each year: motor
vehicle crashes; fires and burns;
choking, suffocation, and strangulation; poisoning; falls; unintentional firearms incidents; bike
and pedestrian hazards; and water
hazards.

Risk Watchs experiential

approach to education makes
learning fun!

The curriculum requires as little

as nine hours per school year,
but the benefits last a lifetime.

Risk Watch activities combine

teaching and imagination to help
children learn to promote their
own personal safety and wellbeing, as well as that of their
friends, family, and community.
Using the latest in child development and injury prevention, Risk
Watch actively involves students in
lively exercises such as creating a
safety trade show and analyzing
risky behaviors through storytelling, role-playing, songs, etc.
Its a unique chance for kids to
learn about injury prevention,
apply that knowledge in practice
situations, and develop the attitude and motivation to make the
safe choices in a risky situation.
Risk Watch also encourages
participation by community
experts to reinforce lessons with a
real-world perspective.

Field tested successfully in the

United States and Canada, Risk
Watch is a sequential program of
instruction involving children at
five learning levels from preschool
through grade 8. At each level,
kids act out learning activities by
assuming a character role appropriate to their developmental
stage. Each unit addresses all
eight risk areas and builds on
prior lessons, allowing for an
increasing degree of comprehension and complexity. Modules can
also be used independently. Risk
Watchs flexibile curriculum can
be taught as a stand-alone unit or
easily integrated into subjects
such as health, language arts, and
physical education.

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Association of Poison
Control Centers
American Automobile Association
American Red Cross
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
Consumer Federation of America
Duke University Medical Center
Emergency Medical Services
for Children
Johns Hopkins University
Lowes Home Safety Council
Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (CDC)
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
National Safety Council
Sowers Associates
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission
U.S. Fire Administration
University of Wisconsin