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Safety resources for children and young people

We do more than put out fires. We also rescue people and help other emergency services.

In addition to our fire and road safety resources, you might be looking for other material to help teach important safety lessons for many different situations.

To make it easier, we’ve pulled together a one-stop-shop of useful, free online resources. So whether you're a teacher, parent, grandparent, guardian or work in a community youth group, we've got you covered.

 

StayWise

StayWise brings together educational resources from the emergency services and voluntary safety organisations. Here you can find trusted resources from the Police, the Fire Service, the Ambulance Service, and the RNLI. There are links to the national curriculum with teaching notes and a variety of support tasks.

Visit the StayWise website
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Water safety

Educating children about how to stay safe in and around the water is so important. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Canal River Trust have lots of resources to teach water safety to little ones in the classroom or at home.

 

RNLI

Visit the RNLI website
 

Canal River Trust

Visit the Canal River Trust website
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Electrical safety

Switched on Kids explains what electricity is and how to stay safe in your home. There are lots of resources for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 which cover everyday appliances, safety, switches, circuits and more.

Switched on Kids
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Online safety

Thinkuknow is the education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline. Explore one of the six Thinkuknow websites for advice about staying safe when you're on a phone, tablet, or computer.

For parents, school, youth groups, and children aged from four years and into their teens.

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Railway safety

Network Rail have great educational resources that encourage young people to stay switched on around railways.

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Carbon monoxide

To support the information on our website about carbon monoxide, we recommend Safety Seymour, which uses the character of a superhero bear to communicate the dangers of CO.

Safety Seymour
 

Road safety

The website THINK is a government initiative run by the Department for Transport, and has safety information and resources for the age of three right up until the age of 16.

THINK!

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