Home safety resources

Making your home safe this summer and all year long – Go to page 20 of this link.

Gun Safety in the Home The safest home for children is a gun-free home If you decide to keep a firearm in the house, lock up guns, unloaded with ammunition separately and have the key unavailable to children. If you have a family member with mental health or behavioral problems, store guns away from the [...]

View the article by following this link: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/news/Pages/Holiday-Safety-Tips.aspx

September is National Baby Safety Month. Since babies spend most of their time sleeping, it is important to focus on a safe sleep environment to help reduce the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). ALWAYS put your baby on its back to sleep; every nap and every night. Use a firm sleep mattress with [...]

Every day, Charlie’s House is one step closer to building our Safety Demonstration Home.  As we continue to raise the funds needed to build our facility, we have the opportunity to share a preview of what this eventual, one-of-a-kind facility will provide to parents and caregivers. In an effort to achieve our mission of preventing [...]

Mother Forgot To Drop Son Off At Day Care, Investigators Say. Read more… Just a reminder that Safe Kids Johnson County has posters and handouts for Parents and Caregivers on Hyperthermia. See the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment website or Safe Kids USA website at www.safekids.org for resources.

Plan Ahead! If a fire breaks out in your home, you may have only a few minutes to get out safely once the smoke alarm sounds. Everyone needs to know what to do and where to go if there is a fire. Safety Tips MAKE a home escape plan. Draw a map of your home [...]

Watch this Burn Safety Video to learn more! Just because February and Burn Awareness Week are behind us doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t remain on the alert for ways to prevent burns in the home. Every year 24 million people experience burns with 35% of those being children. With that said, most are preventable. So [...]

As parents or caregivers of children, many of us feel our children are in the most “safe place” when they are in their cribs. They are not running around or in a moving vehicle in harm’s way. They are contained in a safe environment. This is the parent’s or caregiver’s time to take a breather [...]

Summertime is a good time to survey your yard and play areas for potential safety hazards. To minimize the risk of injury, activities and play equipment should be appropriate for the age and development skills of each child. The following categories highlight items to assess and take preventative measures to reduce the risks for injury. [...]