Risk Watch Program

As a parent, you play a crucial role in your children’s safety. By giving your children the tools needed to make positive choices about personal safety, you can help them lead safer lives.

Fun for kids of all ages

The Sparky the Fire Dog Web site is full of great activities and games for kids of all ages. Kids can Ask Sparky safety questions, create a home fire escape plan or look through the way-cool fire truck gallery. Why not visit the number one safety dog today?

Teach Risk Watch Messages to Your Children

Click on the icons below to access fun, interactive activities that you can do with your children. Each icon covers a major risk area addressed in Risk Watch.

Motor Vehicle Safety
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths for children 14 and under.

Fire and Burn Prevention
Children under five and adults over 65 have the highest fire death rates in the United States.

Choking, Suffocation and Strangulation Prevention
IIn 2001, 864 children ages 14 and under died from airway obstruction injuries. Choking (food and nonfood) resulted in 169 deaths in children 14 and under.

Poisoning Prevention
Each year in the U.S., nearly 100 children die from poisoning, and more than 1 million are injured by poisonous substances.

Falls Prevention
In 2002, more than 2.3 million children ages 14 and under are treated in hospital emergency room for fall-related injuries.

Firearms Injury Prevention
In 2001, 72 children ages 14 and under died from unintentional firearm injuries, primarily during recreational activities or at home.

Bike and Pedestrian Safety
In 2001, 134 children 14 and under were killed in bicycle-related incidents. In 2002, more than 300,000 children were injured.

Water Safety
In 2001, 859 children ages 14 and under drowned. For every drowning, there are three drowning-related injuries that require emergency room treatment.