Safety
Requirements 1998
- Prepare a safety notebook to include:
- Newspaper and other stories showing common kinds and causes of
accidents in the home.
- Newspapers and other stories showing common kinds of crimes against
families like yours.
- Facts you have obtained concerning the frequency of accidents and
crimes involving families in your locality.
- A paragraph or more written by you explaining how your family life
could be changed by serious fire, accident, or crime.
- A list of safe practices and safety devices currently used in your
home and automobile.
- Do the following:
- Using a safety checklist approved by your counselor, make an
inspection of your home. Explain the hazards found and how they can be
corrected.
- Review or develop your family's plan of escape in case of fire in
your family's home.
- Do the following:
- Discuss with your counselor how you contribute to the safety of
yourself, your family, and your community.
- Show your family members how to protect themselves and your home
from accidents, fire, theft, robbery, and assault.
- Show your family exits you would use from different public buildings
(such as church, theater, municipal building, library, supermarket,
shopping center) in the event of an emergency. Teach your family what do
in the event of a panic.
- Make a plan for accident prevention programs for five family
activities outside the home (at church, at a theater, on a picnic, at a
beach, and while traveling). Each plan should include an analysis of
possible hazards, proposed action to correct hazards, and reasons for the
corrections you propose.
- Plan and complete a safety project approved by your counselor in your
home, school, church, or community.
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