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CHRIS CUTLER
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
TEACHING KIDS HOW TO STAY SAFE The national statistics are staggering. In any
The City of North Las Vegas and the North
are not always around. There are too many
given year, over 13,000 children under the
Las Vegas Fire Department are committed
circumstances or things that can go wrong.
age of 16 are injured while riding their bikes.
to teaching real-life strategies for dealing
We are going to teach children how to identify
More than 600 children die annually from fire
with emergencies. A grant- and sponsorship-
dangerous situations and the ways to avoid
and burn-related injuries. Drowning is one of
funded project, Teddy and Tia’s Northern
them or to get out of them safely.”
the leading causes of injury-related deaths
S.T.A.R.S. Safety Village (S.T.A.R.S. stands for
in children under the age of 12. More than
Safety Training and Rescue Skills) will combine
3 million children receive emergency room
traditional classroom instruction with unique
how to identify dangerous
treatment for injuries received in the home,
interactive experiences in a realistic child-
situations and the ways to avoid
and more than 2,000 die from these injuries
sized townscape. Children will participate in
which, in addition to fire and drowning,
activities designed to build self-confidence and
them or to get out of them safely.”
include choking, falls, poisoning, or firearms
to strengthen their ability to make the correct
Captain Williams, who has been working on the
discharged unintentionally.
decisions in a variety of emergency situations.
project for the last four years, obtained 10 acres
While adult supervision and childproofing of
“There is no substitute for parental
homes are important steps in keeping children
supervision,” says Captain Cedric Williams
safe, there is a need to teach children about
of the North Las Vegas Fire Department and
safety, and safety procedures.
chief advocate of the village, “but parents
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“We are going to teach children
of Bureau of Land Management land located at Statz Road and Centennial Parkway from North Las Vegas Parks and Recreation for the project. Eric Strain and Drew Gregory of the highly-
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