elcome, teachers, to NFPA's Risk Watch Web site! As students' primary link to Risk Watch, you play a vital role in making the program a success. We have all the information and resources you need to do just that.

All About Risk Watch

Before you can teach Risk Watch to your students, you first need to know what the program is all about. If you're new to Risk Watch and want to learn more about the program, check out "About Risk Watch", or visit our FAQ section. You'll find a wealth of information about the comprehensive injury prevention program, including how and why it was developed by NFPA, what it works to achieve, and how it can make a life-saving difference for your students and their families.

Risk Watch is worth your classroom time! In a nutshell, here's why: Unintentional injuries are the leading killer of kids ages 14 and under. Risk Watch targets the eight areas kids are at greatest risk to injury. Risk Watch dovetails core subject areas you're already required to teach. Independent evaluations show that Risk Watch is truly impacting children's safety knowledge. NFPA has documented actual incidents in which kids applied Risk Watch lessons to real-life situations and saved themselves and/or family members as a result.

Approval From the Top

Once you know Risk Watch is a worthwhile program for you and your students, you'll likely need to convince your school administrators of the same before moving ahead. After working with local safety advocates and teachers across North America, we're highly familiar with some of the obstacles you might face. Here are some ways to work through these issues:

• Time - Your schedule is packed, and your principal might feel that you don't have any extra hours in the day to address safety issues. However, Risk Watch lessons are not merely "add-ons." They can be used to meet learning objectives in mandated subject areas, while teaching critical life safety issues. NFPA has correlated Risk Watch lessons with the health and language arts learning objectives required by virtually every state and Canadian province. Other teachers' lesson plans can give you even more great ideas for combining Risk Watch lessons with core subject area requirements.
  
  
• Outside Support - You're not a safety expert. To best teach students about Risk Watch's injury prevention issues, you'll need help from the appropriate community safety advocates. Find out who in your area can bring "real-life" information and perspectives on specific safety issues by reviewing the "State by State Resources" Section. It lists Risk Watch contacts in your state who can help you get the proper assistance.