Keep Safe roadshow comes to Limerick
25th October
More than 100 children from the Limerick area, have today (Thursday 25th October) attended a Health and Safety Authority ‘Keep Safe’ event in Southill Area Centre, Limerick.
The participating schools were; Our Lady of Queen of Peace, Janesboro, Our Lady of Lourdes, Rosbrine, CBS, Sexton St & Galvone National School, Kennedy Park.
‘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.
Speaking at the event, John Kennedy, Inspector with the Health and Safety Authority said, “The students learn a lot from these events and we have designed all of the activities to be fun and informative. This programme is successful because it raises awareness in school children and teaches them how to deal with hazards in a whole range of situations from safety around electricity, road safety and more.”
The agencies and organisations that were represented today include the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), Bus Éireann, CIF (Construction Industry Federation), Civil Defence Limerick,
ESB Networks, Limerick City Fire & Rescue Service, IWS (Irish Water Safety), An Garda Síochána & An Taisce Green Schools.
