First Keep Safe event of 2013 hosted in Kilkenny
25th January
Up to 100 school children from the Kilkenny area, have today (Friday 25th January) attended the first Health and Safety Authority ‘Keep Safe’ event of 2013 in the Watershed, Co. Kilkenny.
The participating schools were; St. Patrick’s De la Salle BNS, St. Canices’s Co. Ed NS, Scoil Mhuire Presentation Primary School and Kilkenny School Project 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.
Speaking at the event, Mark Cullen, Senior Inspector with the Health and Safety Authority said, “I believe that Keep Safe is an important programme. It raises awareness and teaches children how to deal with hazards in a whole range of situations from safety around water, farm safety, electricity and more.”
The agencies and organisations that were represented today include the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), Bus Eireann, CIF (Construction Industry Federation), Civil Defence, ESB Networks, Garda Siochana, Irish Water Safety, Kilkenny Fire and Rescue Services, South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association and Teagasc.
