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Local Area Children Visit Safety Town
With ever-increasing nationwide incidents of children being injured in a variety of accidents, it is extremely important to teach good safety practices to youngsters. Hundreds of Iberville Parish kindergarten students learn about safety each year as they participated in Safety Town.
Safety Town, which is sponsored by the Iberville Parish Community Awareness Emergency Response Committee (I-CAER) and the Iberville Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness, is designed to teach the young students about emergency preparedness, chemical, fire, gun, weather, bicycle and vehicle safety.
During bicycle and vehicle safety, the students drive their “big-wheels” around the streets of the miniature Safety Town, which is complete with city buildings, railroad crossings, stop signs, and traffic lights. They are issued traffic tickets for any violations and awarded a Safety Town driver’s license once they demonstrate good safety practices. During Safety Town, the students also receive lessons on what to do when the siren sounds for bad weather or a chemical spill. Safety Town turtle mascot “Wally Wise Guy” demonstrates sheltering in place and other safety lessons.
Other safety lessons are taught on how to correctly report an emergency by calling “911” on the telephone, fire safety principles like “stop, drop and roll,” and general personal safety like not playing with guns and not talking to strangers.
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