Safety City

Safety City's curriculum is designed to teach our young people (grades K-1) to recognize safety hazards found in everyday life and to learn to make wise choices when they are in situations which have the potential to cause injury or harm.

• Building children’s self-esteem and encouraging them to take responsibility for their own safety.
• Encouraging children to share the traffic safety information they learn with friends, family members and others in the community.
• Providing children with the information they need to intervene on behalf of others.
• Reducing preventable harm in the community by involving community groups and volunteers in the educational process.

Safety City’s instructors are specially trained experts from the Blue Valley community. Police officers, traffic enforcement agents, health care providers and school crossing guards also instruct the children at Safety City, reminding them to use their safety skills.

The program is held in an educational setting featuring a "child-size" town of miniature buildings, streets, crosswalks, functional traffic lights, sidewalks and a working railroad crossing. A state-of-the-art Smoke House allows firefighters to teach home fire safety, and to fill a room with simulated smoke, allowing children to practice escape plans and gather at a designated meeting location.

Click here to view the Safety City photo album.

Sessions cover: 911 Procedures Stop-Drop-and-Roll Seat Belt Safety Crossing Streets Traffic Signs Internet Safety School Bus Safety Escalator/Elevator Safety Playground Safety Inclement Weather Safety Electricity Safety