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title: Home Safety
description: This topic covers identifying and mitigating hazards within residential environments to prevent accidents. Learners will understand how to secure living spaces, prevent fires, manage household chemicals, and prepare for natural disasters.
category: health-medicine
subcategory: everyday-health-and-wellness
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/home-safety
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# Home Safety

This topic covers identifying and mitigating hazards within residential environments to prevent accidents. Learners will understand how to secure living spaces, prevent fires, manage household chemicals, and prepare for natural disasters.

## Available Resources

2 Courses • 4 Websites

## Websites

### 1. CPSC Home Safety

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's library of safety alerts, guides and posters covering furniture tip-overs, button batteries, smoke alarms, pool drowning and older-adult falls. Readers leave knowing which household products cause injuries and the specific precautions federal investigators recommend.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.cpsc.gov/safety-education/safety-guides

**Tags:** home-safety, product-safety, injury-prevention, fire-safety, child-safety

### 2. ready.gov

Ready.gov is the U.S. government’s official emergency preparedness site, offering practical home safety guidance and resources. It provides planning tools, checklists, and tips to help families create emergency plans, assemble disaster kits, and stay informed.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://ready.gov

**Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness

### 3. familyhandyman.com

Family Handyman is a DIY home-improvement site offering step-by-step guides, tips, and projects for home wiring basics and electrical safety. Content includes tutorials on wiring outlets and switches, circuits and panels, tool recommendations, and troubleshooting advice.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://familyhandyman.com

**Tags:** websites, engineering-manufacturing, electronics-electrical

### 4. safekids.org

Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit that provides practical child-safety resources for families, including home safety tips, car seat guidance, and injury-prevention checklists across topics like water, fire, and bike safety.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://safekids.org

**Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness

## Courses

### 1. Fall Prevention in the Home

Learn home safety tips from the CDC to prevent falls! This course covers simple changes to keep you or your loved ones safe.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/index.html

**Tags:** fall-prevention, older-adults, home-hazards, injury-prevention

### 2. Home Safety Basics

Learn home safety basics with the American Red Cross! This course covers essential tips to protect your home and family.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/disaster-preparedness/home-fire-safety

**Tags:** fire-safety, home-safety, emergency-preparedness, smoke-alarms

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