Safety Resources

Automotive Safety Transporting children with special needs
- http://www. preventinjury.org
Bicycle Safety
Lower Paxton Township Police Department - Community Policing Unit
Sgt. Thomas Waller
717-657-5656
Car Seat Inspection Stations
  • Saturn of Harrisburg
    1301 Paxton St, Harrisburg, PA 17104 (corner of 13th&Paxton Streets)
    717-531-7233 (call for appt)

  • Troop H State Police Barracks -
    Harrisburg Station
    8000 Bretz Dr, 17112
    717-671-7500

  • Carlisle Station
    1538 Commerce Ave, 17013
    717-254-4701

  • Chambersburg Station
    679 Franklin Farms Ln, 17201
    717-264-5161

  • York Station
    110 North Street, 17403
    717-428-1011

  • Derry Township Police Department
    620 Clearwater Road, Hershey, PA 17033
    717-534-2202


    • Child Passenger Safety
  • http://www.usa.safekids.org/CPSWeek2006/

  • Child Seat Inspection Station Locator: http://www.seatcheck.org/

  • Booster Seat Information from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: http://www.boosterseat.gov/

  • AAP Guidelines: http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm

  • Car Seat Recalled? National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/childseat.cfm


    • - Go to Booster Seat Information
    Home Safety Council
    Organization dedicated to preventing home injuries; website offers safety guides, resources, and checklists for families for falls, poisonings, fires, burns, etc.
    http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/family/family.aspx
    - Go to Home Safety Council
    Lead Poisoning Prevention
  • PA Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP)
    Pinnacle Health System CLPPP
    717-782-6442

  • PA Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Program
    Bureau of Family Health - Division of Child&Adult Health Services
    717-772-2762

  • PA Lead Information Line (LIL): 1-800-440-LEAD (5323)
    • Poison Prevention
  • http://www.poisonprevention.org/

  • http://www.usa.safekids.org/poison/index.html

  • Nationwide Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222

    • Product Recalls
  • General products: www.recalls.gov

  • Child-specific products: www.usa.safekids.org/tier2_rl.cfm?folder_id=302

  • US Consumer Product Safety Commission: 1-800-638-2772 or http://www.cpsc.gov/

    • SAFE KIDS COALITIONS
    SAFE KIDS USA + Worldwide
    202-662-0600 or info@safekids.org
    usa.safekids.org

    SAFE KIDS Pennsylvania State
    Anne Franchak (afranchak@csc.csiu.org)
    717-763-1890 or 1-800-683-5100
    http://www.pasafekids.org

    SAFE KIDS Dauphin County
    Penn State Children's Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
    717-531-7233

    SAFE KIDS Lancaster County
    Courtney Barry (clbarry@lancastergeneral.org)
    717-544-3282

    SAFE KIDS York County
    York Hospital
    Joe Anne Ward-Cottrell (mwardcottrell@wellspan.org)
    717-851-3231
    - Go to PA Safe Kids
    Safe Sitter
    This program teaches adolescent babysitters how to handle crises, how to keep their charges secure, and how to nurture and guide a young child.
    http://www.safesitter.org/

    Classes: http://www.safesitter.org/StudentClass/Pennsylvania.htm
    - Go To Safe Sitter
    Water Safety
  • http://www.usa.safekids.org/water/

  • AAP Guidelines: http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/watersafety.cfm


    • - Go to Safe Kids Water Safety