. Disaster Resistant Kids

Jefferson County PI Donates Materials to County Elementary Schools to kick off “Disaster Resistant Kids” Campaign

Jefferson County Board of Education and Jefferson County Project Impact signed a partnership agreement in April. As a part of that agreement, Project Impact staff and volunteers will be working in the elementary schools on a variety of programs. Packets of information were given to each school’s principal. The packets included a FEMA for Kids CD, the Disaster Twins Storybook, the Herman PIC storybook, the Disaster Preparedness Coloring and Activity Book, information on becoming a FEMA Disaster Resistant Kid, information on the Danger Ranger Fire Safety Program and an Owlie Skywarn Activity packet. Instructions were given on how to schedule school programs with Project Impact and a fax-back sheet for teachers to use was enclosed.

Summer Story Hour at Bolivar/Harpers Ferry Library

For three weeks during June/July, “Miss Barbara” read to the summer story hour children at Bolivar/Harpers Ferry Public Library. All of the books read were about Disaster Preparedness—but in a fun and informative way! Books included: Robbie and Julia-The Disaster Twins, Herman PIC and his Hunt for a Disaster Resistant Shell, and Miss Twiggley’s Tree. Parent Packs were sent home to the parents that contained information about putting together a Family Disaster Supply Kit and a Family Disaster Plan.

Fire Safety Week/Month-October, 2002

Special materials were ordered for Fire Safety Week that included plastic fireman’s hats, fire safety coloring books, “TEAM UP FOR FIRE SAFETY” stickers, Sparky the Fire Dog Pencils, and Special Supplements for Weekly Readers about Fire Safety. These were shared with the following classrooms: TA Lowery Elementary School (Mrs. Day, Mrs. Albertson, Mrs. Spence, Mrs. Rider, Ms. Swaim, Ms. Miller, Ms. Walls, Ms. Kosnosky, Ms. Sutherland, Ms. Tyler, Ms. Franzen and Mrs. Hunter)

Ranson Elementary School (Ms. Cross, Ms. Toothman, Ms. Costello, Ms. Gageby, Ms. Brown, Ms. Duke, Ms. Dillo, Ms. Custer, Ms. Grimes, Ms. Marchum, Ms. Broadley, Ms. Lowery, and Ms. Schnably)

Over 350 Students learned about “Stop, Drop and Roll” and Fire Prevention. Volunteers who participated in the reading program were Jeff Levesque and Sandy Slusher-Smith.

To learn more about being a Disaster Resistant Kid, go to www.fema.gov/kids

To learn more about Fire Safety, go to www.sparky.org

To become a Fire Danger Ranger, go to www.firstalert.com

To learn more about Terrorism, go to www.fema.gov

To learn more about Weather, go to www.noaa.gov

To learn more about Sheltering In Place, go to www.wally.org

To learn more about EPA' Explorer's Club, go to www.epa.gov/kids

To learn more about Fire Safety, go to www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/

To learn more about Fire Prevention, go to www.firepals.org/

To learn more about Fire Safety Tips, go to www.kfst.net

To learn more about Fire Safety, go to www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/firesafe/firesafe.html

To learn more about Smokey the Bear, go to www.smokeybear.com/