Keep Safe roadshow comes to Waterford
15 May 2013
More than 100 children from the Tipperary/Waterford area, have today (Wednesday 15th May) attended a Health and Safety Authority ‘Keep Safe’ event in Rathgormack Community Centre, Rathgormack, County Waterford.
The participating schools were; RathgormackNational School(NS), Crehana NS, Clonea NS and Kilsheelan NS.
‘Keep Safe’ events involve a number of state agencies and regional organisations coming together to deliver an interactive safety programme directed at fifth and sixth class pupils. It aims to promote safety and community awareness through involving the children in a series of interactive scenarios with a strong safety theme.
The aims of the one day ‘Keep Safe’ event are to help children to:
- become aware of personal and home safety,
- learn how to react to dangerous situations,
- foster good citizenship,
- learn how to recognise hazards and manage risks,
- learn how to stay safe within the context of, for example, road safety, water safety, fire safety and building site safety.
The agencies and organisations that were represented include the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), Waterford Fire and Rescue Services, Bus Éireann, Civil Defence Waterford, Construction Industry Federation, ESB Networks, Garda Síochána, IFA, Irish Water Safety & the South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association.
Speaking at the event, Mark Cullen, Senior Inspector with the Health and Safety Authority said, “The activities at ‘Keep Safe’ events are designed to be fun and interactive while teaching students about safety, inside and outside of the home. I would like to thank all of today’s participants, school children, their teachers and the agencies represented, for making this event a continued success.”
