Harrison County CES

Title:

Home and Farm Safety

MAP:

Safety

Agents Involved:

Mike Meyer, Jessica Barnes, Jessica Sayre

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Integrated Pest Management

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Volunteer Development

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Chemical Management

Situation:

Also of concern is food supply, security, and home food safety. Beef Quality Assurance and Animal ID are important parts of food safety and essential to working with consumers and producers to insure safe food products. Farm and home safety education and firearm safety is also needed to prevent accidental deaths.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Reduce risk of accidental injury or death by educating the public on proper safety measures. Classes and activities will be offered relating to equipment, water, gun, pesticide, and natural disaster safety.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Families make changes in home for fire prevention, home and hunter gun safety, farm tractor, home lawn and equipment safety, water safety, railroad safety, and dangerous insect safety. Individuals will acquire and use severe weather radios.

Initial Outcomes:

Change home environment to improve safety.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Increased attendance and participation at programs offered that focus on safety

Indicator: Attendance

Method: pre and post evaluations on information presented

Timeline: immediately following the program(s)

Intermediate Outcome: Increased number of individuals who complete the safety programs offered

Indicator: Attendance, reduced medical costs, reduced emergency visits

Method: Personal testimonials, compilation of data

Timeline: All year

Long-term Outcome: Personal health and wellbeing increased, less accidents and fires and awareness of severe weather increased

Indicator: Attendance, results of screenings, reduced medical costs

Method: Personal testimonials, compilation of data, end of program written evaluations

Timeline: All Year

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 4th and 5th grade students

Project or Activity: Safety Day

Content or Curriculum: Accident Prevention, Home and Farm Safety Education

Inputs: Volunteers, Harrison Memorial Hospital

Date: Apr-Oct.

Audience: Public

Project or Activity: Mesonet Weather

Content or Curriculum: Information Gathering Local Community Weather

Inputs: Weather station located on a local farmer's land, link to UK weather station on county extension website

Date: All Year

Audience: Youth and Adults

Project or Activity: 4-H Youth & Adult Home & Shooting Sports Safety Classes, in-school safety programs

Content or Curriculum: Safety Practices

Inputs: Harrison County Public Schools, home of former 4-H agent, volunteers

Date: All Year

Audience: Public

Project or Activity: 4-H Youth & Adult Farm, ATV, Tractor, Home Safety

Content or Curriculum: Safety practices through media, newsletter, radio and Safety Day educational programs

Inputs: Volunteers, Cynthiana Democrat, WCYN radio station, Harrison Memorial Hospital, Harrison County Public Schools

Date: All Year

Audience: Public

Project or Activity: 4-H Foods and Nutrition, Safety, Demonstrations & Speech Contests, Youth and Adult Fair entries, Awards

Content or Curriculum: Dietary requirements, safe and proper food handling

Inputs: volunteers

Date: All Year

Audience: Public

Project or Activity: Cattle Handling Education and Safety

Content or Curriculum: Beef Quality Care & Assurance Modules

Inputs: volunteers, farm signs, Harrison County Beef Cattle Association

Date: Spring & Fall

Audience: Public

Project or Activity: Pesticide Handling & Safety

Content or Curriculum: Private Applicator Training Material

Inputs: volunteers, PPE to give out

Date: Spring & Fall

Audience: Public

Project or Activity: Farm Field Day

Content or Curriculum: On-farm safety demonstrations and booths

Inputs: volunteers, local farm service agency, soil conservation, UK specialists, Harrison County Beef Cattle Association

Date: Fall

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