Keeping Kids Safe

Is your home child safe? The Santa Clara County Fire Department offers a variety of information to better educate parents and/or guardians with infants and small children about household fire and injury prevention. If you would like more information about the following topics, please view the websites listed under "Additional helpful links" on this page or contact the Santa Clara County Fire Department at 408.378.4010.

• Child welfare and abuse prevention
• Home fire safety
• Reporting emergencies
• Kitchen safety, burns & clothing fires
• Motor vehicle safety
• Poisoning prevention
• Fall prevention
• Bicycle & helmet safety
• Water safety
• Choking & suffocation prevention
• CPR information

Safety Games to Play On-line for Young Children

Chipper's Traffic Safety Game (Office of Traffic Safety): www.ots.ca.gov/kids/k_games.html

Code Red Rover (Home Safety Council): www.coderedrover.org/index.html

Danger Ranger's Safety Games: www.dangerrangers.com/KidsClub/games.cfm
(Safety Signs, Hazard House, Tic Tac Toe, Puzzles, and more)

FEMA for Kids: www.fema.gov/kids

The Great Escape!: www.stayingalive.ca/game/game_play2.html
Interactive fire safety game.

Kid Zone: www.stayingalive.ca/kids_zone.html
A variety of fire safety games and activities for kids.

Smokey Kids Fun Facts & Games: www.smokeybear.com/kids/default.asp

Sparky the Fire Dog (NFPA): www.sparky.org/

Additional helpful links

American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org

AAP is an organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Discover resources on children's health topics, immunization information, car safety seat information, books on parenting and more.

California Poison Control System: www.calpoison.org or 1.800.222.1222

Be Poison Safe! Find specific information on poisoning prevention tips, food poisoning, toxic household/outdoor plants, safety checklists, and more. By calling 1.800.222.1222 anywhere in California, you can obtain emergency information on:

Swallowing poison

Eye or skin irritation from toxic substances

Inhalation of noxious fumes or vapors

Animal, insect, snake and spider bites

Food or mushroom poisoning

Drug reactions

Attempted suicides or drug overdoses

Pet poisoning exposures

Calls are handled quickly, accurately, and free-of-charge all over the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County: www.cacscc.org

The mission of the Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County is to protect children from abuse and neglect by their parents and caregivers, and from the systems designed to protect them.

Consumer Reports: www.consumerreports.org

Consumer Reports¨ and ConsumerReports.org¨ are published by Consumers Union, an expert, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves. To achieve this mission, they test, inform, and protect.

County of Santa Clara Official Website (Health & Human Care): www.sccgov.org

Help Santa Clara County (Children and Youth Referral Services): www.helpscc.org

The Community Technology Alliance mission is to end and prevent homelessness by linking and networking communities through technology.

Santa Clara County Public Health Department Child Care Health Program: www.sccphd.org/childcare

Home Safety Council: http://www.homesafetycouncil.org

The Home Safety Council (HSC) is solely dedicated to preventing home related injuries that result in nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits on average each year. Through national programs, partnerships and the support of volunteers, HSC educates people of all ages to be safer in and around their homes.

Megan's Law: www.meganslaw.ca.gov

California's Megan's Law provides the public with certain information on the whereabouts of sex offenders so that members of our local communities may protect themselves and their children. Find out how to protect yourself and your family, locate sex offender registration and search California's sex offenders database.

Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc.: www.macsa.org

MACSA's mission is to enrich the lives and to advance the interests of the Latino Community of Santa Clara County.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC): www.missingkids.com

The Nation's Resource Center for Child Protection 1-800-THE-LOST NCMEC's mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them. Resources are available for parents/guardians, law enforcement, attorneys and media.

State of California Official Website (Children & Family Services): www.childsworld.ca.gov