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Fireflies A S a f e t y N e w s l e t t e r F o r K i d s SUMMER Produced by Your Local Fire Department & Northwest Fireflies fdff_Summer08 4/08 Watch Out Cycling Sam! Find and circle the 8 obstacles Cycling Sam will need to watch out for as he rides up the street. This information used with permission of the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute. Answer Key: ---PAGE BREAK--- Amber and Joe are trying to understand the water safety messages on this page. Give them a helping hand by changing the pictures into words. 2 + ly ANSWER KEY: 1. Welcome aboard, 2. Capsize 3. docking 4. Wear your life jacket 5. Be prepared to boat safely + 2. - tor + 3. + d pre + 5. w + ur 4. + come a + 1. EXAMPLE: Welcome aboard Water Safety ---PAGE BREAK--- Draw in the face that shows how well you obey safety rules. If you can't draw a smile, then change your ways!!! Always Sometimes Not Usually I wear a life vest when riding in a boat. I wear my seatbelt and sit in the back seat when riding in a car. I hike with an adult. I go to a public fi reworks show put on by professionals. When hiking or camping, I don't eat wild berries and plants. I never play with matches or lighters. I never touch wild animals. When I see matches and lighters I tell a grown up. I swim with an adult. I never swim alone. A bucket of water and shovel is kept near the campfi re at all times. START HOME Quiz-A-Roo Summer Safety Maze Help Jody and John stay safe on their summer camp adventure. ---PAGE BREAK--- Make your own Summer Safety Book Mark. Draw in your own safety message. Cut along solid line. Use as a bookmark for your summer reading. Across 1. Without a life jacket you will in water. 2. Every boat should carry one life jacket for person. 4. Wear your life jacket until you are back on . 6. If you see someone in trouble, quickly for help. 8. If you are wearing a life jacket near the water, you will safe. 9. Your Personal Flotation Device (life vest) will protect . 11. Water safety important. 13. Wear your life jacket whenever you anything around water. 14. Learn fi rst to be able to help others when they are in trouble. 16. Swimming with a buddy the right thing to do. 18. Your PFD (Personal Flotation Device) is your coat. 19. Never dive in unfamiliar water, you may your head. 20. The way to be safe in the water is to wear a life jacket. 21. Never swim alone in a river, lake or . 22. A Personal Flotation Device is a life . Down 1. To be around water always wear a life vest or jacket. 3. Your life jacket will keep your out of the water. 5. Everyone should take swimming . 7. Your life jacket will keep you fl oating until you are . 8. You can even drown in your own home, never leave a small child alone in the . 10. When you get in a boat, put your life jacket. 12. Drowning doesn’t take much time... only a few . 13. People wearing life jackets have rarely . 15. Put your Personal Flotation Device on before you go the water. 17. Even a strong should wear a life jacket while on a boat. 18. You can drown in as little as two inches of water in your . 21. The best way to a drowning is to wear a life jacket. 23. Swim in a or with at least one buddy. 24. never know when we will need our life jacket...keep it on. Across: 1. sink, 2. each, 4. land, 6. send, 8. be, 9. you, 11. I'm, 13. do, 14. aid, 16. is, 18. boat, 19. hit, 20. best, 21. pool, 22. vest ANSWERS: Down: 1. safe, 3. head, 5. lessons, 7. rescued, 8. bathtub, 10. on, 12. seconds, 13. drowned, 15. in, 17. swimmer, 18. bathtub, 21. prevent, 23. team, 24. we Summer Fun & Safety Crossword Puzzle Craft Corner 1 5 7 8 11 12 13 16 17 18 21 9 10 14 15 24 2 3 19 22 23 4 6 20