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Bike Safety at Lake Parsippany School

Safe Kids of Northern NJ and Parsippany EMS visited Lake Parsippany School on April 23, 2025 to provide the students with an interactive bike safety program. Together these agencies reviewed helmet use and safe cycling. The program ended with great questions and lots of smiles. "Big Kids" (adults)...

Hats off for Helmets 2025 Winners

Spring is here but let's talk about our Hats off for Helmet winners of 2025. We had over 250 entries that highlighted wearing a helmet when skiing or riding. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to our sponsors, Mt. Creek and Zuke Sports. Check out all the winners' entries below.

Hats off for Helmets - Think About Safe Skiing and Riding this Holiday Weekend

The mountains are open for skiing and riding this holiday weekend. There is nothing better than being out on the snow and enjoying the day. Be sure to keep safety in mind. Your Responsibility Code Skiing can be enjoyed in many ways. At ski areas you may see people using alpine, snowboard, telemark...

21 New Child Passenger Safety Technicians in Northern New Jersey

Northern New Jersey Safe Kids / Safe Communities in coordination with NJ Highway Traffic Safety hosted a Child Passenger Tech Course in Sparta NJ on Oct 23-26, 2024. The class involved 3 days of didactic work and training and ended with a community-based car seat check on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024....

Newly Certified CPSTs Are Ready to Check Your Car Seat

We have a new pool of Child Passenger Safety Techs that are ready to check your car seat. Northern NJ Safe Kids / Safe Communities coordinated the effort with NJ HTS to host a training class in Sparta NJ. We thank the Sparta Fire Department for the use of they Squad house. These techs have now...