This book aims to prepare children in the event they become lost in the outdoors. An opening story, designed to capture children's attention, outlines safety protocols. These protocols are: (1) keep yourself warm, particularly your head; (2) stay in one place, preferably an open space, so searchers can find you; (3) make a bed of branches or other…

Presents one approach to solving problems concerned with minimum stopping distances. In this approach differing negative accelerations are considered in addition to the speed and reaction time. (GS)

This article discusses some of the legal problems physical educators, stress physiologists, or other nonmedical technicians who conduct graded exercise testing (GXT) should recognize and avoid. (RC)

Discusses the relationship between alcohol and fatal automobile crashes. Stresses the need for controlled studies in order to determine the correlation between drunk drivers and fatal accidents and to obtain dependable statistics on alcohol-related crashes. (BD)

In planning the safety program for elementary school children, teachers should be able to identify at least one safety objective to promote knowledge so as to aid in the development of basic safe attitudes and behaviors. The inclusion of safety instruction across all elementary levels and subjects constitutes the "multidisciplinary approach."…

A comprehensive fire safety skills program was evaluated with 32 moderately to mildly retarded adolescents. The program used a fire safety program manual and lessons in basic preventive fire skills, fire safety procedures, and fire escape skills. Across-group comparisons indicated differences in performance between males and females. Fire safety…

These lessons contain information that applies to almost every emergency situation involving water. Each lesson has three main components: depiction of an emergency situation, descriptions of actions that will avoid or remedy the emergency situation, and review and discussion questions with suggested answers. Part 1 has lessons on rescuing oneself…

Two fire education programs for young children are described. The basic principles of both programs are the same: keep it short, make it fun, and get the children involved. The first program addresses what to do if clothes catch fire, teaching about matches, and exiting during a fire (crawling under smoke, raising windows, and unlocking doors).…

Agriculture teachers should be interested in and become familiar with the implications of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 for their own benefit, for their students, and for their students' future employers. (AG)

Presents cautionary information to science teachers concerning the use of benzene and of Plutonium 239 radioactive sources. (PEB)

In order to learn whether public communications (defined as both personal and impersonal communication) can be effective in preventing residential fires, a search was conducted of all available published literature reporting empirically based research evidence on communications. This paper outlines and discusses the search procedure, the sources…

Designed to accompany and supplement the Illinois Rules of the Road manual, this book is intended to better prepare future drivers for the written test for the instruction permit or driver's license. It includes many pictures and shows and describes driving situations a driver will probably face when behind the wheel. Parts dealing with important…

A consumer product safety monthly planning guide for community organizations is provided. The material is organized into suggested monthly topics with seasonal emphasis. Each section highlights selected information about how to identify potential hazards associated with categories of products. Each section also includes recommendaitons of ways to…

Accidents are the first cause of crippling and, many times, of death, among older people. To help reduce the possibility of accidents among older people, the Administration on Aging and the National Safety Council have joined in preparing this booklet--a course of instruction in safety and accident prevention for Older Americans. It spells out…

The manual details the procedures to be followed in developing and implementing a fire safety plan. The three main steps are first, to organize; second, to set up a procedure and put it in writing; and third, to train and drill employees and staff. Step 1 involves organizing a safety committee, appointing a fire marshall, and seeking help from…