Fire and life safety experts now have access to a wealth of free public safety education tools, including a comprehensive new fire safety video addressing home fire prevention, smoke detection/escape planning, and automatic home fire sprinkler systems.

To help support local safety advocates across America, the nonprofit Home Safety Council has launched the Home Safety Council Expert Network. Just by joining the Network, safety experts will have access to the free video and a whole suite of safety education resources to promote home injury prevention in their local communities.

"First Responders play a vital role in saving lives in all kinds of home emergencies each day, but their public safety work goes well beyond that," says Home Safety Council President Meri-K Appy. "The Home Safety Council recognizes fire and life safety experts' talents as valued community educators as well, and we want to do everything we can to help them reach their constituents with timely and useful home injury prevention advice."

Safety experts are encouraged to join the Home Safety Council Expert Network online at: www.homesafetycouncil.org/expertnetwork. By joining the Network, safety advocates will be the first to receive new free materials from the Home Safety Council and its partners, including:

• A Burning Issue: Is Your Family Safe? -

  A compelling new home fire safety video featuring ABC-TVs home improvement editor Ron Hazelton. Distributed in cooperation with the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety, the new 30-minute video is a great tool to guide community groups, local television audiences and others to practical home fire safety.

• The Great American Home Safety Check -

  A supply of Home Safety Council brochures and posters that provide a fun yet informative reality check on home safety preparedness.

• Safety Activities for Kids! -

  Great Safety Adventure hand-out activities to share during presentations that will teach children about home injury prevention in a fun and interactive way.

• "The State of Home Safety in America" -

  A copy of the Home Safety Council-sponsored national research report that offers the most comprehensive U.S. study of unintentional injuries in the home. Network members will be the first to receive the update of the report in 2004.
  

Additionally, Expert Network members will have access to important home safety advisories as well as all new data and survey findings from the Home Safety Council. To learn more about these helpful educational tools and to join the Expert Network, log on to www.homesafetycouncil.org/expertnetwork.

"Fire and life safety educators throughout the country work diligently every day in educating our communities about home injury prevention," added Appy. "The Home Safety Council Expert Network supports their efforts by offering the latest in safety education tools, materials and knowledge, to help them to accomplish their jobs even more effectively.”

About Home Safety Council
The Home Safety Council is a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of and education about home injuries. The Council is an independent, 501(c)(3), charitable organization with the mission to empower, activate and educate society to practice better home safety to prevent injuries and save lives. For additional home safety information and free brochures, visit www.homesafetycouncil.org.