Get ready to Play It Safe! from 10 AM to 4 PM! We’re teaming up with community partners to make safety fun and engaging for families like yours. Join us and meet experts from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Pediatric Injury Prevention Program, B’More Healthy Babies, and many more.
Together, we’ll explore how to keep everyone safe while having a blast this summer. Kids will be able to take part in our interactive Safety Town, where they’ll learn about traffic safety and discover cool gear to stay protected. Plus, don’t miss Peake, our adorable Chesapeake Bay Retriever (pup)pet, whose ready to join in on the excitement and teach us how to stay safe and healthy while playing and having fun outside. Let’s play it safe and have a great time together this summer!
Safety themed educational programming will be available throughout the day from 10AM – 4PM.
The Baltimore Police Department is the 8th largest municipal police force in the United States, staffed by nearly 3,100 civilian and sworn personnel. The department’s jurisdiction covers Maryland’s largest city, with a population of 614,000. The Baltimore Police Department is dedicated to upholding the Constitution and enforcing laws in a fair, impartial, and ethical manner. We commit to creating and maintaining a culture of service that builds trust and legitimacy in all communities, values the sanctity of human life, and provides for the safety and well-being of all.
The Baltimore City Fire Department is a diverse and evolving extension of the community, committed to providing excellent service to all those we serve, in a professional and humanitarian way. We pledge to protect lives, property and the environment through a safe, effective and timely response. We take an innovative approach to providing emergency medical services, fire suppression, rescue operations, emergency communications and fire prevention, community outreach and public education, as well as other services.
CPSC is an independent federal regulatory agency formed in 1972 with a mission to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury or death from consumer products through education, safety standards activities, regulation, and enforcement. We are a small agency with a large mission, and we work to ensure the safety of consumers every day.
JHCIPN is a collaborative group of faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy (Center) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Department of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Emergency Department, and the Pediatric Trauma and Burn Program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (JHCC). Their tripartite mission is to: Advance research and its application to reduce the burden of injuries among children; Bring evidence-based services and programs to the patients and families of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the Harriet Lane Clinic (primary care) and the Baltimore community; and Educate families and providers on how to best reduce the risk of injury through injury prevention services, including consultations, community outreach, referrals, resources and safety products
Everytown for Gun Safety is the largest gun violence prevention organization in America— and their partner organizations are building a movement to: register voters, elect candidates who will govern with gun safety in mind, demand action from our elected officials, change how America thinks about gun violence, and fight for the changes that will save lives. Their primary goals are to support and educate our broader community by researching and supporting survivors of gun violence, raising awareness and taking action by enacting and implementing smart gun policies.
B’more for Healthy Babies (BHB) is a Baltimore City initiative led by the Baltimore City Health Department with support from Family League of Baltimore and HealthCare Access Maryland. BHB brings together communities, organizations, and resources so that every baby might have the best start possible. This city led innovative initiative works to reduce infant mortality in Baltimore City through programs emphasizing policy change, service improvements, community mobilization, and behavior change.
In collaboration with other city agencies, health care providers, community organizations, and funders, the Baltimore City Health Department aims to empower all Baltimoreans with the knowledge, access, and environment that will enable healthy living. The Health Department has a wide-ranging area of responsibility, including acute communicable diseases, animal control, chronic disease prevention, emergency preparedness, HIV/STD, maternal-child health, restaurant inspections, school health, senior services, and youth violence issues.
