Questions That Can Save Your Life in a Fire

By Candice Ahwah-Gonzalez
July 10, 2013
Make sure you have working smoke detectors.

I’m writing to you today with a heavy heart. This holiday weekend when most of us were celebrating the 4th of July, a home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania experienced a devastating fire. Three adults and four children died in this home fire. There were no smoke alarms in the home.

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Tags: fire safety, smoke alarms, home safety

Safe Kids Day Raises Funds to Protect Children from Preventable Injuries

By Jen Pollakusky
May 24, 2013
Safe Kids Day

Hundreds of families and kids of all ages swept through the fabulous Highline Stages in New York City on May 18 for the first national Safe Kids Day family event.

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Tags: Safe Kids Day, home safety, sports safety, car safety

Emmett's Story: The dangers of Button Batteries

April 26, 2013
Emmett Rauch

But Emmett is not alone. According to the National Poison Control, 3,500 children each year suffer from a button battery accident. Eleven deaths have been reported. That’s why I want to share our story. To help other parents learn about button batteries and how to prevent similar tragedies.

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Tags: button batteries, lithium batteries, home safety

Thinking About Chance

By Keisha Bowles
April 26, 2013
Sydney Chance

I never knew that a TV or piece of furniture could be dangerous to kids. Before the accident, we secured our flat screen TV to the wall in the living room. I didn’t know that we should also secure our old TV in Brandon’s room or even the dresser on which it stood.

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Tags: TV-tip-overs, television, furniture, home safety

Can Washington Walk the Talk on Children's Safety?

February 25, 2013
DC Skyline

This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post.

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Tags: car seat safety, injury prevention, global health, sport safety, home safety

When It Comes To Carbon Monoxide, Let's Act Now

December 6, 2012
Carbon monoxide poisoning

This week, 49 children and staff from Finch Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia were taken to the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Tags: carbon monoxide, CO, generators, furnaces, gas stoves, CO detector, carbon monoxide poisoning, home safety, school safety

Staying Safe After Sandy

By Candice Ahwah-Gonzalez
October 28, 2012
hurricane sandy safety

Our hearts go out to the millions of families who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. We are so grateful to emergency personnel who are working around the clock to make things better.

If there is one thing this “storm of the century” has taught us, it’s the importance of planning ahead and being safe.

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Tags: hurricane, storm, home safety, candles, smoke alarm, carbon monoxide detector, generators, camping stove, flooding, electrical wires

Two Ways Out

By Candice Ahwah-Gonzalez
October 10, 2012
National Fire Prevention Week

Our partners at the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) are dedicated to educating children and families about fire safety. Now that it’s National Fire Prevention Week, USFA Fire Program Specialist Teresa Neal wanted to share a few messages and one very important challenge.

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Tags: home safety, fire safety, escape plan, home fire drill, home fire, house fire, smoke alarms

Father's Day

By Editor
June 17, 2011
family and kids safety

As a longtime member of the Safe Kids staff I was pretty familiar with child safety, long before I became Stephen’s dad 17 months ago, Back then, I didn’t realize the impact Safe Kids would have on my new role as parent.

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Tags: home safety, car safety, heatstroke, drowning, safe sleep, baby safety, child passenger safety, new parent

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