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Fireflies: A Safety Newsletter for Kids

For parents and educators, these are excellent downloadable training tools for children to learn basic safety skills to prevent from injuries. The newsletters are continuing to be developed and will be posted when available so please revisit this page for updates!

Adobe Acrobat Reader icon The flyers are available Adobe PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer to open PDFs. Click the icon at the left to download and install Reader for free.

Screenshot of Burn Types Burns are not caused by fire alone...

Most people think of a burn as an injury from a fire. But there are many ways to get burned, which means you should be thinking about preventing different kinds of burns.

Screenshot of Fire Safety Decoder Fire Safety Decoder

Match the symbol with the letter to decode the hidden message for basic fire prevention.

Screenshot of Quake Safety for your home Do you have a quake-safe home?

Use this checklist to make sure you, your family and your belongings are safe during an earthquake to minimize injuries and property damage.

Screenshot of earthquake preparedness flyer Earthquake: Drop, Cover, and Hold on!

For kindergarteners and up, download this flyer that kids can color in and demonstrate how to drop, cover and hold on during an earthquake.

Screenshot of summer safety flyer Summer Safety

Connect related words in 3 columns and determine which string of words attribute safe play with summertime activities.

Screenshot of hot things flyer Hot things can hurt you!

For kindergarteners, print this flyer and have kids color them in and describe why they should stay away from hot things such as hot coffee, frying pans and hot irons.

Screenshot of stay away from hot things flyer Stay away from hot things that can hurt!

For kindergarteners, have kids circle the picture of the hot thing that can hurt.

Screenshot of Ride Safe Four flyer The Ride Safe Four

Go over the rules of the road with children then have them fill in the blanks provided. Click here for the answer sheet.

Screenshot of Kitchen Safety flyer Kitchen Fire Safety Rules

Unscramble the words then fill in the blanks to learn about kitchen safety rules.

Screenshot of Road Rules flyer Road Rules

Unscramble the words then fill in the blanks to learn about safe road rules.

Screenshot of Smart Routes flyer 10 Smart Routes to Bicycle Safety

Fill out this crossword puzzle to learn about bicycle safety tips.

Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 09:40 AM

All information is general in nature and is not intended to be used as a substitute for appropriate professional advice. For more information please call 206-296-4600 (voice) or TTY Relay: 711. Mailing address: ATTN: Communications Team, Public Health - Seattle & King County, 401 5th Ave., Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104 or click here to email us.

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