Take a tour of the Kidsafe WA online Safety Demonstration House

Homes are very special places. For children our homes are just not safe enough. More than half of injuries to children happen at home. A Parents Guide to Kidsafe Homes provides some simple steps you can take to make your home a safer place for children. Click here to download a copy.

Be Bush Fire Wise - There are several elements that increase the bush fire risk to our properties and families, and it pays to assess and attempt to mitigate these risks well in advance.

Visit the NSW Rural Fire Service for information on how to prepare your property in the event of a bush fire.

Home Safety

Injury has now replaced disease as the biggest single cause of death to Australian children after their first birthday.

Each week in NSW as a result of unintentional injury:

1) approximately 1,300 children will be treated in a hospital emergency department,

2) many more children will be treated by General Practitioners,

3) on average 350 children will be hospitalised, and

4) between 1 and 2 children will, unfortunately, die.

60% of these preventable incidents occur in the home.

A home represents different things to different people. Wealth, success, family, security or a place to hang your hat, the home is a large part of our lives. We invest large amounts of our finance, time and future in designing and maintaining our homes. Most couples seek the dream of owning their home before starting a family. So why are homes designed for adults?

Do hidden dangers lurk in your home?
Do you know how to look at your child's environment to see what potential dangers may be in your home?
Do you know how to identify them?
Would you know what child safe choices are available for different hazards?
Would you know how to identify which product design is recommended as the safer option to use to prevent a potential child related incident?

You are invited to explore the following pages, which have been designed to enable you to make informed choices about your child's safety in the home, within an array of issues.

The causes for these children's injuries have been linked to various issues including environmental aspects, products design or a combination of these factors with the lack of understanding by the carer or parent on how important child supervision is.

Child supervision is major factor in the prevention of child related injuries and deaths to children in Australia.

Kidsafe NSW has a fact sheet on features for a safe home. Download here