1. © Copyright 2017 by Pasco Sheriff’s Office
Tell me and I will forget…
Show me and I may remember…
Involve me and I will understand.
© Copyright 2017 by Pasco Sheriff’s Office 

2. What is Safety Town?
A realistic, child-sized town designed to provide a complete hands-on safety education for children.

3. What is Safety Town?
The town has paved streets, working traffic signals, miniature buildings, and even a railroad crossing.
Safety Town is designed to be as authentic as possible to provide the most exciting, effective safety training for children available anywhere.

4. The Goal of Safety Town
The goal of Safety Town is to reduce accidental injuries and deaths of children through an on-going community-based safety education program.
Safety Town focuses on children in kindergarten through second grade, ages 5-8. Public and private schools and children’s groups visit on field trips during the week.

5. A Community Project
The Safety Town Program has been created through the support and cooperation of many businesses, public and private agencies, and civic organizations.
The children are taught by volunteers, who have been trained by education and safety professionals.

6. Where is Safety Town?
Pasco Safety Town is located between Hays Road and Shady Hills Road on State Road 52,
On State Road 52, ½ mile west of 
The Suncoast Parkway.

7. Safety Station 911
Children are taught when to call 911 and what questions they will be asked by the operator:
Reason for call
Location of call
Name of caller
Phone Number of caller
One child is selected to make a 911 call, and with their help, an ambulance is dispatched to pick up the pretend victim.

8. Safety Station Stop-Drop-Roll
Here the children are taught what to do if their clothes are on fire.
STOP running
DROP down, and cover your face
ROLL back and forth to put out the fire   
Each child gets an opportunity
to practice the drill. 

9. Safety Station Stranger - Danger
Questions posed to children:
What is a stranger?
What to do when approached?
What reaction to being grabbed?
Impress NEVER go with a stranger!

10. Safety House
A realistic, interactive home, equipped with special effects to enhance the learning experience in :
Severe Weather Safety
Computer Safety
General Household Safety
Household Fire & Smoke Safety

11. Safety Station Electrical
Children are taught:
Stay away from electrical substations
Never climb fence to retrieve balls or toys
Never touch or pick up wires on ground
When you see lightning, go in the house
Never go under a tree in a storm

12. Safety Station School Bus
Children are taught:
What to do if you drop your books or backpack
How to get on & off a bus safely
What to do when interior lights go on

13. Safety Station Seat Belts
Everyone wears a seat belt
Always enter from the curb
No children in front seat (Air Bag)
All children learn to “Buckle-Up”

14. Animal Safety Explain to Children: Never pet or feed a wild animal
Watch where you walk – snakes
Pets must have 4 things every day
Food
Water
Shelter
Love

15. Bicycle Safety Everyone wears a helmet Never ride in the street
Rules for bicycle riding:
Everyone wears a helmet
Never ride in the street
Always walk the bike across the street

16. Water Safety How to get on & off a boat How to put on a life vest
Children are taught:
How to get on & off a boat
How to put on a life vest
To always stay seated in a moving boat
Never throw trash in the water

17. Railroad Safety When the gate comes down:
Children stay behind the gate
Do not sit on the gate
Don not crawl under the gate
Do not run around the gate

18. Lunch
When the tour is ended, the children are walked to the pavilion for lunch before returning to school.

19. Adult Training Facility Available
Safety Town is also used for meetings and training adults. Our on-site adult training facility, which resembles a Home Depot Store, contains two large classrooms that can easily accommodate up to eighty attendees per classroom.
A nominal rental fee is required and inquiries can be made through the Pasco Safety Town coordinator.

20. Volunteers Needed Corporal Tim Bullock Pasco Safety Town P.O. Box 1285
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer In our exciting program contact:
Corporal  Tim Bullock
Pasco Safety Town
P.O. Box 1285
New Port Richey, FL 34656
(813)  
Physical Address (for mapping):
15325 Alric Pottberg Road
Spring Hill, FL 34610