Home Safety Badge: Session 1
● A paper thermometer and some Blu Tack.
Cut a strip of paper at least 3m long and 30 cm
wide. Mark out the degrees Celsius using the
drawing at the side of this page as a guide.
● A set of temperature cards – See
temperature cards in the ‘Help and Resources’
section of this pack. (p1.3/1.4)
100
90
80
Hot
70
● A few items from the following list –
Hair straighteners, a hair wand or hot brush,
a hairdryer.
Put the temperature cards and the items on the
floor or a table and ask the girls to sit around in
a circle. Fix the thermometer to the wall or lay it
along the floor.
Talk about: How hot is hot enough to burn?
Take it in turns to take a card or pick up an
item, talk about the temperature it might
reach and then decide where that item
should be placed on the thermometer.
This should produce lots of discussion
and guesses, which the Leader can then
agree with or correct!
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day
60
50
How to set up the game
burn
110
burn
To play this game you will need:
120
Temperature
Resource
Cards
n
15
mins
Brownies may think they know what hot means
– but do they? How hot is ‘hot enough to burn’ and
how many things in the home could cause a burn
or scald?
480
40
burn
1.
Hot and Cold - A ‘warm up game’!
Help and Resources
490
hot
Activity
ro l l o f p l ain pa pe r
500
30
20
warm
Time
kit ba g...
I n y oeunrs , B l u T a c k
p
,
10
0
cool
S
tuff!
t
o
H
Time
2.
1 hour
(continued)
Activity
Crazy Hair Stations
Help and Resources
Beauty-Related Injuries
(1.6)
Enlist the help of mums, aunties, friends
or a local hairdresser to run crazy hair stations.
Have at least four stations eg one for curling,
straightening, plaiting, crimping etc. Ask the adults to
style the hair with the electrical items, whilst showing
the girls how hot and dangerous beauty equipment
can be if used wrongly, left plugged in or left within
reach of young children.
Local hairdressers may be able to talk to the
Brownies about how they keep themselves safe
when working.
500
490
480
Take a look at ‘Get the facts: Beauty related
injuries’ (p1.6) for some interesting beauty stats!!
120
burn
Home Safety Badge: Session 1
110
Take Home
Challenge
(1.5)
At the end of the session give each Brownie a copy
of their Take Home Challenge sheet
‘Fancy a Cuppa?’. (p1.5)
100
burn
3.
Take Home Challenge:
Fancy a Cuppa?
90
80
burn
Emphasise that this is a task to be done alongside
their parents/carers and not on their own (this is
emphasised on the take home challenge sheet).
70
The idea is that each Brownie carries out the task as
a part of her badge and brings back her signed Take
Home Challenge sheet the following week.
30
20
10
0
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warm
You might also want to take
a look at ‘Get the facts: Be cautious
around coffee’, (p1.7) for extra
information regarding hot drinks.
40
cool
Be Cautious
Around Coffee
(1.7)
hot
50
burn
60
Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 1
Temperature Cards
(1.3)
Air temperature close to
the ceiling in a house fire
A match flame
(800OC)
(600OC)
Water freezes
A very hot day
(0OC)
Hot chip oil
(30OC)
Oven hot enough
to bake a cake
(200OC)
(190OC)
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 1
Temperature Cards
(1.4)
A very hot bath
Room temperature
(48OC)
(21OC)
My body temperature
Hair straighteners
(37OC)
(200-250OC)
A sparkler
Boiling kettle
(1000-1600OC)
(100OC)
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Home Safety Badge: Session 1
Take Home Challenge
Dear Parents and Carers,
For the next few weeks the Brownies will be working on their Home Safety badge. One of the skills for this badge is to learn
how to make a hot drink safely. Please could you help your Brownie to learn how to do this at home? At the end of the four
weeks of Home Safety activities, we will be inviting all parents and carers in to see what we have done and to join us for a hot
cup of tea or coffee (made by the Brownies). We hope you will be able to join us on ………...….. at……………..........................
Many thanks
Home Safety Badge: Session 1 - Take Home Challenge
Think about it...
what did you
learn?
tuff
Hot S
and
Hair
Crazy
1.
2.
3.
I can
do this
What to do...
✔
1. Fill the kettle from the cold tap. THINK – save energy by only boiling the
amount of water that you need.
2. Make sure that you can lift the kettle easily and safely. If it’s too heavy for you,
either empty out some water or ask an adult for help. Switch the kettle on.
3. Get your mug/cup or teapot ready. Place it on a level surface away from the
edge and add your teabags or coffee.
4. When the kettle boils it will probably switch off automatically. Wait for a few
moments until the cloud of steam has died down and the boiling sounds
have stopped.
5. Lift the kettle carefully and slowly pour the hot water into your cup or pot.
Put the kettle straight back into its place.
Making a hot
drink safely.
6
big
no nos!
6. Use a spoon to swish your teabags or stir coffee. Be careful with spoons and
boiling liquids, metal gets very hot. Watch out for hot tea bags if you are
making tea in a cup (have a small saucer ready to put the teabags on).
7. Pour in the milk and add sugar if required. Stir carefully.
Never climb up on a Do not leave flexes
chair to lift a kettle. dangling over the
edge of a unit.
Do not carry hot
drinks close to or
above small
children’s heads.
Do not leave hot
drinks close to the
edge of surfaces.
Do not touch
electrical appliances
with wet hands.
Do not
overload
sockets.
✘
The adult who helped me with this says .............................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................................
Signed (by parent/carer).............................................................................................................................................................
(1.5)
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Get the facts:
Beauty related
injuries
Home Safety Badge: Session 1
Beauty-Related Injuries
Some people really do suffer to make themselves look beautiful. However, it is not always in the
most obvious ways.
Up until 2002, if you had an accident which meant you needed to go to hospital, details of that
accident were recorded on databases called the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance Systems.
Below are some of these entries for typical things you might use every day, but you might be
surprised at some of the things which have caused injury.
Age 0 – 14
Face cloth
Total population
21
123
636
2,829
8,754
30,299
Cotton wool
226
902
Deodorant
246
492
Curling tongs
390
738
Hair dryer
103
595
Make-up
246
738
Towel
Bath
As an extra activity, why not share these numbers with the Brownies and ask them
to imagine how these items might have caused injuries.
These statistics are from the year 2002, but a worrying injury trend which has emerged since then
has been burns to small children from hair straighteners. We do not have such detailed statistics
now, but a typical city children’s hospital such as Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool will typically see
more than
40 toddlers with hair straightener burns each year.
REMEMBER: Almost anything can cause an injury if it is not used correctly.
Sources: HASS/LASS 2002 - www.hassandlass.org.uk/query/index.htm
Channel 4 News - www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/child+hair+straightener+burns+up/3224087
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Get the facts:
Be cautious
around coffee
Home Safety Badge: Session 1
Be Cautious Around Coffee...
...and take your time with tea.
It is nice to relax with a good cup of tea or coffee, but don’t forget that these are very hot liquids.
They can badly scald an adult, but the effects can be even more severe on young children whose
skin is a lot thinner. A cup of tea or coffee can badly scald a child up to 20 minutes after it has been
made.
Up until 2002, if you had an accident which meant you needed to go to hospital, details of that
accident were recorded on databases called the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance Systems.
Below are some of these entries for typical things you might encounter while making and enjoying
a cuppa. The first few entries show the extent of the problem, but you might be surprised at some
of the other things which have caused injury.
Age 0 – 14
Total population
Kettle
2,829
7,483
Mugs or pots of tea/coffee
8,037
17,018
Serving tray
431
1,599
Biscuit
349
513
Chocolate
287
533
Placemat
82
123
Serviette or napkin
21
62
Tea cosy
18 (in year 2000)
35 (in year 2000)
Kitchen sink
1,189
10,599
Armchair
4,346
16,380
As an extra activity, why not share these numbers with the Brownies and ask them to
imagine how some of the less obvious items might have caused injuries.
To see just how dangerous a biscuit can be, and to find out which biscuits to be extra careful with,
have a look at the following article!
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6153518/Crumbs-half-of-Britons-injured
-by-their-biscuits-on-coffee-break-survey-reveals.html
REMEMBER: Almost anything can cause an injury if it is not used correctly.
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Home Safety Badge: Session 2
e
Housof
Horrors!
Time
Activity
1.
Ouch!
15
mins
kit ba g...
In your
pens, Blu Tack, roll of plain paper
boxe s and craft items
Help and Resources
House of Horrors – Really?
(2.3)
Every year millions of people have accidents.
To explore this idea and make it relevant to the
Brownies’ own experience, this session opens with
a warm up game called ‘Ouch!’
Begin by talking about an accident that you may
have had, then open the discussion to everyone.
Brownies will probably have lots of stories and so to
‘capture’ the stories try the following.
1. On a large sheet of paper draw a simple
outline of a house, with a garage and garden.
Fix this drawing to the wall where all the
Brownies can see it.
2. Next give each child a small piece of paper
(¼ of an A4 sheet). Ask the Brownies to write
a brief description or draw a picture of an
accident that they have had in or near their
home. Take it in turns to talk about what they
have written and then to stick their accident
onto the correct location on the house.
3. When all the Brownies have finished, talk
to them about where the most accidents
happen and what type of accidents are the
most common.
To extend this discussion you might also
want to take a look at and discuss ‘Get
the facts: House of Horrors?’ (p2.3).
The Brownies might be very surprised
by some of the household items that can
cause accidents!
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Home Safety Badge: Session 2 continued
Time
2.
15
mins
Activity
Help and Resources
Accident Scene Investigation
Accident scene pictures
(p2.4 a – h)
While the Brownies play ‘Ouch’ a group helper pins
up a number of accident scene pictures (see Help
and Resources) at six stations around the room (one
picture per station).
The Brownies are then split into pairs. Each pair is
given a picture of an accident victim and a
description of their injuries.
The challenge is for the Brownies to look at all the
pictures of accident scenes and to decide:
● which accident scene might match their ‘victim’
● what might have happened
● how the accident could have been avoided in
the first place.
Accident victim pictures
(p2.5/2.6)
When everyone has had a chance to look and
discuss they can talk to the unit about what they
have found.
3.
45
mins
House of Horrors! (Getting Crafty)
The challenge is to make an ‘Accident House’
which can be used to show common hazards in each
room of our homes.
Each Six is given a box (large shoe box or an A4
copier paper box is ideal). The Leader writes down
the names of the rooms/areas of a home – each on
a separate slip of paper and pops them into a bowl.
Sixers then dip into the bowl without looking and
take a room name, which they can design and make.
When completed, all rooms will be glued together to
form the Accident House of Horrors.
Take a look at Help and Resources for room ideas/
hazards.
Home Safety Badge: Week 2 Take Home Challenge; Home Safe Home?
Yes
Do you use unsuitable elec rical appliances in the
bathroom?
2 Are ma ches ever left lying around your house?
11
Does everybody in he house over the age of 10 know
how o turn off the gas supply?
3 Are asht ays cleared away every nigh ? (Answer
even f no one smokes )
12
Are he ings on the cooker urned off st aight after
use?
13
Are pan handles left s icking out over he edges of he
cooke ?
14
Do you have a handrail along your s airs? Are he
s airs kept clear?
15
Are any power socke s cracked or loose?
16
Are chemicals stored in heir original correctly labelled
packaging?
4 Are lexes and wires left railing across the floor?
5 Do you use 3-way plug adap o s?
9 Do you have a shower mat or ridges along the
bot om of your ba h to prevent s ipping?
My home safety score
7 = 0 = 1
8 = 1 = 0
8 Do you have a lockable or high level medicine
cabinet? Do you use it?
9 = 1 = 0
10 = 0 = 1
11 = 1 = 0
12 = 1 = 0
13 = 0 = 1
14 = 1 = 0
15 = 0 = 1
16 = 1 = 0
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5 = 0 = 1
6 = 1 = 0
6 Are a l carpets and rugs fixed down securely?
(If rugs are on po ished floors do they have
non-slip mats underneath?)
(p2.7)
(2.2)
?
10
7 Is he water from your hot taps scalding hot?
Ask the Brownies to take it home and check through
it with their families, to help make their home safer!
or No
1 Does your house have a smoke alarm fitted
somewhere along your escape route?
16
3 = 1 = 0
4 = 0 = 1
Print off a copy of the Home Safe Home Checklist
for each Brownie, from the Help and Resources
section (p2.7).
(1 6
5
mins
Now that you have lea ned a it le about home safe y can you work wi h your own family o make your home safer?
Try to an wer all of he questions below Put a tick or a cross next to each one When you have finished check your
an wers wi h those printed upside down at the bo tom of this page and give your hou e a home safe y score
Answers
1 = 1 = 0
2 = 0 = 1
4.
Take Home Challenge:
Home Safe Home?
Get the facts:
House of Horrors?
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
House of Horrors - Really?
Up until 2002, if you had an accident which meant you needed to go to hospital, details of that
accident were recorded on databases called the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance Systems.
Below are some of these entries for typical things you might find around your home, but you might
be surprised at some of the things which have caused injury.
Age 0 – 14
Bean bag
Christmas tree
Christmas tree lights
Clock
Cushion
Pillow case
Telephone
Air freshener
Chopstick
Breadbin
Child’s drinking cup with lid or spout
Pile of clothes for washing or ironing
Clothes basket
Clothes peg
Drink straw
Blu Tack
Blank paper/notepad/wrapping paper
Chalk
Letter or envelope
Paperclip
Child’s potty
Total population
595
328
103
513
2,009
21
1,415
718
62
0
390
246
451
144
226
308
554
123
62
82
309
738
1,025
410
1,312
3,260
103
11,111
902
82
185
472
5,330
2,768
431
267
308
902
267
1,353
123
410
As an extra activity, why not share these numbers with the Brownies and ask them to imagine
how these items might have caused injuries.
REMEMBER: Almost anything can cause an injury if it is not used correctly.
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 1
(2.4) a
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 2
(2.4) b
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 3
(2.4) c
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 4
(2.4) d
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 5
(2.4) e
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 6
(2.4) f
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
Accident Scene 7
(2.4) g
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Help and Resources
Accident Scene 8
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Scene Pictures
(2.4) h
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 2
Accident Victims
1.
2.
Unconscious but breathing.
3.
A very sore sprained ankle.
4.
A cut on the hand caused
by broken glass.
Bumped head and back.
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5.
A painful graze running along the
inside of one leg.
6.
Burns to the fingers of one hand.
7.
Face and hands covered with gooey liquids
that are burning and giving off fumes.
8.
A nasty scald on the forearm.
(2.6)
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My home safety score
16
16. Are chemicals stored in their original, correctly labelled
packaging?
15. Are any power sockets cracked or loose?
14. Do you have a handrail along your stairs and are the
stairs kept clear?
13. Are pan handles left sticking out over the edges of the
cooker?
12. Are the rings on the cooker turned off straight after
use?
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11. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
12. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
13. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
14. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
15. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
16. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
(2.7)
9. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
10. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
9. Do you have a shower mat or ridges along the
bottom of your bath to prevent slipping?
8. Do you have and use a lockable or high level
medicine cabinet?
7. Is the water from your hot taps scalding hot?
6. Are all carpets and rugs fixed down securely?
(If rugs are on polished floors do they have
non-slip mats underneath?)
5. Do you use 3-way plug adaptors?
4. Are flexes and wires left trailing across the floor?
3. Are ashtrays cleared away every night? (Answer
even if no one smokes.)
11. Does everybody in the house over the age of 10 know
how to turn off the gas supply?
7. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
8. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
2. Are matches ever left lying around your house?
10. Do you use unsuitable electrical appliances in the
bathroom?
?
5. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
6. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
1. Does your house have a smoke alarm fitted
somewhere along your escape route?
or No
3. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
4. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
Yes
Home Safety Badge: Session 2 Take Home Challenge: Home Safe Home?
Now that you have learned a little about home safety, can you work with your own family to make your home safer?
Try to answer all of the questions below. Put a tick or a cross next to each one. When you have finished, check your
answers with those printed upside down at the bottom of this page and give your house a home safety score.
Answers
1. ✓= 1 ✗= 0
2. ✓= 0 ✗= 1
Home Safety Badge: Session 3
s
d
n
a
H
Off!
Time
Activity
1.
Hands Off!
20
mins
I n yo u r k it b ag.. .
sors, rulers, sticky tape,
card, scis
, items/toys for t h e
rulers, penc i l s
toy t e s t e r
Begin by asking how many Brownies have younger siblings, relatives
or friends. Explain that accidents and injuries among young
children are especially common. They are a high risk group.
Ask the Brownies what they think this means, and why it is so.
On a large sheet of paper draw a big hand with fingers spread
apart. Write the words Hands Off! in the centre of the palm.
Ask the Brownies to think of all the things that they think small
children should keep their hands off. Draw and write their ideas
next to each finger of the hand.
Help and Resources
Take a look at...
Hands Off!
(3.3/3.4)
Examples
• Beads and other small objects (choking hazard)
• Chemicals/cleaning materials (poisoning/burns)
• Medicines and pills
• Hot stuff – drinks/fires/kettles/water including baths
• Things to climb on – stairs/chairs/tables
• Things to pull down on themselves – table cloths/dangling
electrical leads
• Electrical items – plug and sockets/appliances/wires
An extra activity
The law says that toys for the 0-3 age range have to pass the
Choke Test. The choke test uses a tube of a specified diameter.
If a small object can be fitted into the tube, then there is a risk
that a child could choke on it. To pass the Choke Test the object
must not fit wholly into the tube.
Although Choke Testers are available to buy – Leaders or
Brownies could make their own version to test some small toys or Making a
beads. See instructions on how to make a ‘Too Small for Safety’
‘Too Small for Safety‘
Toy Tester in Help and Resources (p3.2).
Toy Tester
2.
1 hour
(3.1)
Get the Message
Ask the Brownies to split into groups (max 4 people). Ask each group to take one of the
Hands Off! ideas – and to develop a three-minute ‘Public Safety Advert’ for the television.
They can act/sing/dress up etc. to communicate their safety message. However, the TV advert
must not be more than three minutes long, it must not be too gruesome and it must get their
message across clearly and memorably!
(In Session 5 of this badge they may be asked to perform their Advert for their
parents/carers).
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 3
How to make a ‘Too Small for
Safety’ Toy Tester
Small children will put anything in their mouths! Their fingers, soil, the dog’s
food – you name it and they’ll try to eat it! Because of this, toy makers have
to make sure that their toys pass strict safety standards. If a toy has
small parts that a small child might try to swallow and choke – then they have
to put a warning symbol on the toy that says not for children under 3 years old.
To test toy parts, the manufacturers use a tube of a set size and diameter.
Leaders could make an ‘approximate’ version of these tubes and then ask
Brownies to test a selection of small toy parts.
Ask the Brownies to sort the toys into two piles
a. Safe for children ages 0-3
b. Not safe for children under 3.
How to make the ‘Too Small For Safety’ Toy Tester
1.
Cut out a 9.5cm square of thin card.
2.
Place a strip of sticky tape along one
edge of the tube – as shown.
9.5cm
9.5cm
= Sticky
tape
4.
3.
Carefully roll the square into a tube – without
squashing it flat. Try to make the edges meet and
then secure with the overlapping tape.
You should
now have
a card tube
with a diameter
of approximately
3cm.
This is your ‘Too
Small for Safety’
Toy Tester.
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3cm
Get the facts:
House of Horrors?
Home Safety Badge: Session 3
Hands Off!
In 2002, almost 900,000 children aged under 15 had an accident in the home which resulted
in a trip to hospital, and over half of these children were under five years old.
Typical injuries to 0–4 year olds in the home include
the following:
Slips, Trips and Falls
●
Trips and falls lead to the largest number of non-fatal
injuries for children and young people in the UK.
●
390,000 children under 15 years old were taken to
hospital in 2002.*
●
Boys generally have more trips and falls than girls.
●
Trips and falls happen most often in the home, and
along with strikes (being struck by or colliding with a
person or object) they are the most common type of
home based injury.**
●
The most severe fall injuries are falls from a height,
e.g. down stairs or from a window or balcony.
●
The most common types of trips and falls are on the same level, and cause
greater injury when the child strikes something on the way down.
●
Babies and younger children can also be hurt by falling from one level to another,
eg from a changing table, bed or chair.
●
In 2002, 230,000 children under five were taken to hospital after a fall.
Poisonings
(3.3)
●
In 2005, 19 children and young people died in England and Wales
and 10,664 were admitted to hospital in England as a result of
unintentional poisoning.*
●
75% of all poisonings occur in children under five, in the home.**
●
Common causes include:
medicines, household chemicals (eg bleach), pesticides, plants, carbon
monoxide, Illegal drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco and cosmetics.
●
Children are even more at risk when harmful substances are transferred into
different containers or are within easy reach.
●
Poisoning rates increase again in the 15 to 19 age group, with a rise in
poisoning from alcohol and illegal drugs.
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Get the facts:
House of Horrors?
Home Safety Badge: Session 3
(continued)
Burns and Scalds
●
In 2002, almost 37,000 children under 15 were injured with burns
and scalds (burns caused by a hot liquid) in the UK.
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75% of these children were under five years old.
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95% of these injuries happened at home.*
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Over half the children who go to casualty with a burn or scald
require further hospital or specialist care. Recovery can be long
and painful, both physically and emotionally. Many have to live with
permanent scarring.
●
Scalds are more common. The majority happen in the kitchen and
bathroom from: hot drinks, kettles, pots of boiling water, hot oil or
fat, tap water and bath water.
●
Causes of burns include:
open fires, radiators/heaters, cookers, barbecues, irons, hair straighteners, fireworks,
the sun, matches, cigarette lighters and candles.
●
House fires are also a significant cause of death, though most of these deaths are caused by
smoke inhalation.
Drownings
●
In the UK in 2005, 57 children aged 0-16 died due to accidental drowning. On average
we typically see one drowning a week.
●
Around 70% of the casualties were boys.***
●
Children under five can drown in as little as 3cm
of water, and most fatalities at this age occur in or
near the home (baths, ponds, paddling pools etc).
●
Children aged 6 to 14 are more likely to drown away
from home, in rivers, lakes and the sea. These locations
account for more
than half of child drownings.
●
In these incidents, there is an even split between children who were intentionally in the water
swimming or playing (mostly in lakes or in the sea), and those who fell in or were swept away
(mostly by rivers).
For more information about these types of injuries and how to help prevent them,
see www.csec.org.uk and www.capt.org.uk
* Source: Child Accident Prevention Trust Factsheets www.capt.org.uk/FAQ
**Source: RoSPA 'Child Safety in the Home Manual'
***Source: RoSPA‘s drowning statistics
(3.4)
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Home Safety Badge: Session 4
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Activity
1.
Making a 999 Call
25
mins
Help and Resources
Key Facts
Some Key Facts:
• In the UK the emergency number is 999
(NB: 112 is the European emergency number,
reachable from fixed and mobile phones, free of
charge, everywhere in the EU.)
• All 999 calls are free from any phone – you don’t
need money, phone credit or a phone card.
• All 999 calls are taped and can be traced.
• Hoax calls are dangerous, illegal and easy to
trace and prosecute.
Calling the Emergency Services
(4.3/4.4)
Why are hoax calls dangerous?
There is a limited number of fire appliances
(fire engines), ambulances and police
response units in any area and they cannot
be in two places at one time.
If they go to a hoax call out and are then
needed for a genuine emergency, they might
not make it in time.
If you have time: try to find out how many
fire appliances your local fire service has in
total. You might be surprised by the answer!
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To begin this session you will need two telephones
(they can be mobile or toy, it doesn’t matter, this is just
for the role play.)
a. Seat the Brownies in a circle and then ask them if
anyone has ever had to make a 999 call. If so, when
and why? NB: If a Brownie has ever had to make
a 999 call this might have been a distressing
experience. Discussion may require sensitivity on the
part of the Leader and other Brownies.
b. Talk about when a 999 call is the right thing to do and
when it is unnecessary (‘Hints and suggestions’ sheet
in the Help and Resources section – to help with this
discussion.)
(4.1)
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Home Safety Badge: Session 4
Time
(continued)
Activity
Help and Resources
c. Take the 999 picture cards from Help and Resources
(p4.3/4.4) and spread them face down on the floor in the
circle. Ask for a Brownie volunteer to choose a card, pick it
up, look at it and then make the 999 call. When the Brownie
dials 999 the Leader answers the call, working from the
999 script provided in the Help and Resources section
(p4.6). Beware – some of the cards would not warrant a 999
call. See if the Brownies spot them!
d. Work through at least four cards with the Brownies
– so that they become familiar with the questions that
would be asked and the information that is required by
a 999 operator.
Taking Things Further
Most Fire Brigades train their officers to work with the local
community and would welcome Brownie units wishing to visit their
local Fire Station. They may also be willing to come out to speak to
Brownies. Similarly, Police Forces have Community or Neighbourhood Police Officers and PCSOs (Police Community Support
Officers). By contacting your local station you might be able to ask
them to come to talk to the Brownies. Ambulance Services and
the RNLI/Coastguard may also be available for visits.
2.
30
mins
Activity Choice
(An either or activity)
a. Make a Tin Can Telephone.
Making a Tin
Can Telephone
Brownies thread together a tin can telephone and use it
to practise 999 calls. A ‘How to Make’ sheet with a
simplified 999 script is available in Help and
Resources. (p4.6/4.7)
or
b. Make and Colour a 999 Emergency Handbook.
This booklet is made by folding a single sheet of A4
paper. Each page has a heading asking Brownies to fill
in essential 999 information (Brownies can copy this, if
making their own book from scratch).
See template and instructions for 999 book
in Help and Resources. (p4.8/4.9)
3.
Are You Ready for Show Time?
Why not ask parents and carers to come and see what the
Brownies have been doing for their home safety badge? The
adults could be invited in for the last 40 minutes of the next
session, to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee (safely made!), watch
the Brownies’ adverts and see their work.
At the end of the evening all Brownies could be presented
with their badges.
If you plan to do this – Brownies will need to practise
their adverts, finish their craft and invite their parents
and carers (an invitation is included in the Help and
Resources for Session 1). (p1.5)
(4.2)
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Making an
Emergency
Handbook
Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 4
Calling the Emergency Services
Calling the Emergency Services
You should only call the emergency services if a situation is life threatening or life altering.
Once you have made the emergency call, discuss how these accidents could have been avoided.
a.
b.
You hear a loud crash.
Mum has slipped on the stairs.
She tells you she is fine,
but her leg is really painful.
You hear a crash outside.
Your sister was playing on her bike,
and has cycled behind
a neighbour’s car as it reversed out of
their driveway.
The car was going very slowly,
but she has been knocked
off her bike and is crying.
c.
d.
You and your friend are climbing the
big tree in her back garden.
Your friend’s foot slips
and she falls and lands
awkwardly on her hand.
Her finger really hurts and is starting
to really swell.
e.
You are in the living room
and see something fall past
the window.
Your little brother has climbed onto his
bedroom windowsill and fallen out on
to the grass below.
Granny was sorting out her
many pills for the week when
the phone rang.
When she went to answer it,
your three-year-old sister came
into the room, thought they looked
like sweets, and
ate some of them.
f.
Your Dad is using his hammer.
He is distracted by you and
your brother arguing.
He slips and bangs the
hammer into his finger.
He is howling.
(4.3)
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g.
h.
Your Granddad has a routine
appointment at the hospital.
You are racing your friend down
the hill on your scooters, she
comes round the corner too fast
and falls off.
An ambulance usually comes
to pick him up to take him
there, but it is 20 minutes late.
i.
She has grazed her knees
and her hands, and her trousers
are ripped.
j.
While Dad was cutting a melon for
lunch, the knife slipped
and he cut his hand.
You hear a bang and a loud scream
from the kitchen.
Your one year old brother
has reached up and pulled
a hot cup of black coffee
down over his head.
There is a lot of blood, and the
cut is about 4cm long and
quite deep.
He is howling.
k.
l.
You and your friend are playing on
the trampoline in the garden.
Your neighbour is cutting the hedge
between your gardens.
Your friend is showing off her back
flips, but gets too close to the edge.
There is a flash of light and he
is thrown backwards.
She falls off and lands on her head
and shoulder.
He has cut through the power
cable, and is now lying on the
ground, not moving.
She is not moving.
m.
n.
Your aunty is a diabetic.
You and your Mum go to visit
her but there is no answer at
the door.
When you look through the
window you see her lying on
the floor.
(4.4)
Mum is chatting on the phone and
has left a pan of hot oil
on the stove.
When she goes back into the
kitchen she is met by thick
smoke and can see flames.
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Note for Leaders
Situations which do NOT warrant an emergency call
c.
Fall from the tree. Her finger may be broken or dislocated, and should be looked at, but this is not
an emergency. She should be taken to the nearest Accident and Emergency Department or Minor
Injuries Unit.
f.
g.
Dad and his hammer. As above.
Routine ambulance not turning up for Granddad. You should contact the hospital or the service
which provides the routine ambulance – not 999.
h.
Scooter race. The grazes should be properly cleaned and dressed, but it is not likely that she will even
need to see a doctor, let alone the emergency services. Keep an eye on the grazes in case they
become infected.
i.
Dad’s cut hand. As long as the bleeding can be stopped, this is not an emergency. Dad should sit
down, hold something clean and non-fluffy to the cut, apply pressure and keep it elevated (held up
above the level of his heart). A cut this size and depth may require a stitch or two, so it would be
worth contacting your doctor’s surgery, out-of-hours service or minor injuries unit.
Situations which DO warrant an emergency call
a.
Mum slipped on the stairs. If Mum can’t move by herself, then she does need to be checked out by
the paramedics. Do not try to move her, you will be advised on the phone about what to do while
the ambulance is on its way.
b.
Sister on bike and neighbour’s car. She needs to be looked at by paramedics and taken to
hospital to be fully checked over.
d.
Sister taken Granny’s pills. She must be taken to hospital straight away along with the pill bottles
so the doctors know what she might have taken.
e.
Brother falling out of window. He needs to be looked at by paramedics and taken to hospital to be
fully checked over.
j.
Brother and black coffee. Call an ambulance and cool the scalded area until they arrive, preferably
under cold running water. You will be given advice on the phone from the emergency services. Young
children have much thinner skin than adults and burn very easily.
k.
Trampoline. She needs to be looked at by paramedics and taken to hospital to be fully checked over.
Do not try to move her, you will be advised on the phone about what to do while the ambulance is on
its way.
l.
Neighbour cutting the hedge. Do not touch him or the hedge cutter or wires as you may get an
electric shock. Phone for an ambulance.
m. Diabetic aunty. Needs expert medical help straight away from an ambulance.
n. Oil fire. As with any fire – get out, stay out and call the Fire Service out. Closing doors behind you on
your way out will help slow the spread of the fire.
(4.5)
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Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 4
Script for 999 call
Script for 999 call
The following is an example of the types of question you will be asked if you call 999. The script
is standard at the beginning, but will vary later on depending on the situation and responses.
The most important thing is that the caller can clearly describe where they are and what has
happened.
999 Operator
●
Emergency – which service do you require?
●
Please hold the line. I am putting you through to the Ambulance Service.
Ambulance Service
●
This is the Ambulance Service – what telephone number are you calling from?
●
What is your name?
●
What address are you calling from?
●
Can you tell me what has happened?
●
An ambulance is on its way. I am going ask you a few more questions. This will
not delay the ambulance.
●
Is the person conscious or unconscious? (Can you talk to them, are they awake?)
●
(Continue to ask questions until you have a clear idea of what has happened.)
●
Don’t worry; I will stay on the line with you until the ambulance gets there.
The operator will stay on the line and provide advice and reassurance. They will know how
far away the ambulance is and may also suggest ways to make it easier for the ambulance
to find them.
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F a c ts t
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If a Brownie is in any doubt as to whether to make a 999 call, they should call.
The operator will help them decide if it is an emergency and will give them advice if they are
genuinely unsure and very worried. They will not get into trouble.
However, if they call 999 about something which is not real, this is called a hoax call. Hoax calls
can cost lives as the emergency services have to respond to all calls, and a hoax call may take
them away from a genuine emergency. All calls to 999 are taped and can be traced.
(4.6)
Help and Resources
Home Safety Badge: Session 4
Making a Tin Telephone
Here is a fun way to find out how sound travels and talk to friends at the
same time. You can use your tin can telephone to practise making
emergency calls.
What You Need:
●
An adult to help – with a bradawl or a long nail and a small hammer.
●
Two metal cans, clean and dry (NB: Make sure that there are no
sharp edges).
●
2 to 3 metres of thin string, such as kite string or nylon string.
What You Do:
1. Ask an adult to help by punching a small hole in the bottom
of each can (using the bradawl or nail and th hammer).
Each hole should be just large enough for the string to
thread through.
2. Working from the outside, thread one end of the
string into the hole in one can.
knot
3. Thread the string through until you can reach into the can and get
hold of it. Tie a couple of knots in this end of the string – so that
the string cannot slip back through the hole when pulled tight.
4. Next, do the same with the other end of the string using the
other can.
5. To use the telephone, two people take a can and walk away from
each other until the string is tight. Speaking into one can sends
vibrations through the tightened string to the other can. The person
with their ear to the ‘receiver’ will be able to hear what is said.
How does the Tin Can Telephone work?
When someone speaks or makes a sound, the air vibrates (moves up and down,
or back and forth quickly). Our ears collect the sound vibrations (called sound
waves) and send them to our brain. Our brain then turns the vibrations into sound.
So, when you use the tin can telephone, the sound vibrates across the taut
string to the other can, rather than through the air. Your ears collect the
vibrations in the ‘receiver’ can and pass them to your brain.
(4.7)
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Phone Number
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Use the lines to explain why and
when you might need each item.
A First Aid Kit
A torch
Knows where she can find....
Name:.........................................
(Draw a picture of yourself below)
Knows what to do in an
emergency.
Police
Ambulance
Fire and Rescue
Coastguard
Mountain and Cave
Do not call 911, this does not
work in the UK!
This is FREE from any phone
including mobiles.
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Knows that in an emergency
she can call _ _ _ or _ _ _
for the emergency ser vices,
including
This Brownie...
Where the nearest accident and
emergency hospital is....
She also knows:
Who/where her doctor is...
My Parents/carer’s mobile:
My home phone number:
My address:
Knows her contact numbers.
This Brownie...
This Brownie...
This Brownie...
This Brownie...
This Brownie...
This Brownie...
Phone Number
Address
Phone Number
Address
Name:......................
Address
Name:......................
Phone Number
Name:......................
Phone Number
Address
Name:......................
Address
Knows when she should not
dial 999.
✗
Name:......................
Knows when she should
dial 999.
✓
(Use words and pictures to explain)
Knows who she can contact if
she needs help (draw faces in the
circles).
(Use words and pictures to explain)
(4.8)
(4.9)
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When you open your paper flat,
it should be divided into
8 rectangles.
4.
– Blank side
– Writing side
Making the
999 Handbook
slit
c. When you open the paper flat,
this is what you should have!
b. Then cut along
the thick black line
through both
thicknesses of
paper.
5. a. Fold in half along this line
Fold the paper in half
- longways.
1.
c.
Pull out the two folds in
the middle. (See picture c.)
b.
a. Next, fold the
paper in half
lengthways.
6.
Then fold it in half again...
2.
Fold the back page round to
form a booklet.
Push the ends towards the middle.
7.
and again...
3.
Home Safety Badge: Session 4
Making a 999 Handbook
Help and Resources