Risk Watch Maryland is coordinated through the EMS for Children Program at MIEMSS and works in partnership with Safe Kids Maryland. The MSFA Fire & Injury Prevention and Life Safety Committee is a lead member of the Maryland Risk Watch Community that includes 15 communities with RISK WATCH
® programs in community safety education, school classrooms, after school programs, home schooling programs, hospital prevention programs, and Safe Kids Coalitions. The RISK WATCH
® curriculum includes fire and injury prevention and disaster preparedness educational resources that are targeting children from preschool through eighth grade. Maryland's Risk Watch work includes activities and programs for both children and youth merging prevention materials from American Trauma Society, Department of Natural Resources, FEMA Ready, NFPA, Poison Centers, and Safe Kids Worldwide. Unique to Maryland's Risk Watch initiatives is the implementation includes a special focus on children with special learning and health care needs in Prince George’s County. We would like to expand this unique program into other communities. The team maintains curriculum and training resources for new communities. Contact a subcommittee member for more information at
riskwatch@msfa.org.
Ongoing Risk Watch programs include:
Prevention training and resource sharing at MSFA Fire & Injury Prevention and Life Safety Committee meetings through out the year
Prevention & Life Safety educational display at four MSFA Executive Committee meetings each year
Interactive prevention educational displays for children, youth and families during the annual MSFA Convention with outreach to youth members to assist with the education.
Participation in Safe Kids Maryland and seven local coalition meetings and activities throughout the year.
Dissemination of training DVD "What to Expect When you Dial 9-1-1" and “Right Care When It Counts”
Development of media and training materials specific to injury risk areas
We would like to expand this unique program into other communities. The team maintains curriculum and training resources for new communities. Contact a subcommittee member for more information at riskwatch@msfa.org.
The 2019 Convention was a great success and the summary is included in the Fall 2019 report to the MSFA and the Safe Kids Maryland page. Planning will start in the fall for the 2020 Convention. Volunteers will again be needed at the MSFA Convention. ON LINE registration will be open May 2020 - look for a new online registration process.
Maryland’s Risk Watch team can be contacted by email –
riskwatch@msfa.org or through the EMSC program office at MIEMSS 410-706-1758.
** For more information about the Maryland RISK WATCH Community contact the committee leader - Cynthia Wright Johnson MSN RNC at
cwright@miemss.org or 410-706-1758.