ASSE Safety Suitcase

Professional Member Kim Auletta of the ASSE Long Island Chapter presents Safety Suitcase to the "Future Career Club" at Dawnwood Middle School (6th-8th graders), Middle Country school District, Centereach, NY

The American Society of Safety Engineers' new Safety Suitcase is an informational tool or tools that can be used when visiting schools to talk about the occupational safety, health and environmental profession. The public relations team in working with the Public Relations Committee at ASSE has developed this interactive tool for ASSE members, student members and their friends to take to classrooms, schools, science fairs and other organizations.

The suitcase is a tool designed to educate 4th – 6th grade students about safety -- safety at work and the safety, health and environmental profession. The intention is to reach out to young kids that are just forming their ideas about life, careers and their futures. As kids know about police, firemen and doctors, this kit will help introduce to them what we do everyday to keep people safe at work and how we help their families and friends.

Inside the kit you will find an icebreaker script, a career role-playing game, a PowerPoint presentation, personal protective equipment (PPE) donated by Northern Safety Co. and Safeware®, Inc. to us for this effort and a few more things to help you teach kids, teens and their teachers about the importance of being safe at work.

The sequence of the presentation, which lasts about one hour, should go as follows:

  • The Icebreaker and PPE discussion (about 15 minutes);
  • The PowerPoint presentation immediately followed by a question and answer period (about 15 minutes);
  • The Career Role Playing Game (20 – 30 minutes); and
  • Pass out the Certificates and Pencils to the students.

There are also evaluation forms included in the kit for both teachers and presenters.

ASSE New Jersey Chapter President-Elect Kristin Kelley of Flanders, NJ presents the ASSE Safety Suitcase to Second Graders at Mountain View School in Mount Olive Township, NJ.

From ASSE, the check-in and checkout procedure is simple. Contact Public Relations Specialist Joanna Climer at 847-768-3404, jeclimer@asse.org or fill in the electronic request form with your name, chapter, contact information and date of request.

You can download the Safety Suitcase Guide, PowerPoint presentation and return policy online, but the complete suitcase is only available, on loan, from the ASSE Public Relations' office in Des Plaines, IL. Before checking it out you will also need to sign and e-mail the return policy back to ASSE. We will ship it to you, but you will need to return it within 10 days after its use by COD.

By reaching more people with this information, you can help increase awareness of workplace safety and health and of the safety, health and environmental profession. We thank you for your ongoing commitment to protecting people, property and the environment and for helping children learn the importance of safety.