Safety Town

Safety Town is an American program for children that teaches safety lessons about fire, pedestrians/traffic, water, guns, and poisons/drugs. It is also the name given to a replica town created to instruct children about safety measures.

It may include a traffic park in which children can train and learn road traffic safety.

The Safety Town program was founded by Officer Frend Boals in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1937 after a child was struck and killed by a car on his way to school; the National Safety Town Center was founded in 1964 by Dorothy Chlad in Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Arman, Fran (December 6, 1981). "Her Life Centers on Safety for Children". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved November 13, 2025 – via National Safety Town Center website History webpage.
  2. ^ "Traffic ABC's Taught Tots in Toy Town". Mansfield News Journal. August 6, 1937. pp. 1, 9. Retrieved November 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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