Safety Videos

Be Smart, Stay Safe

22 min.; K-8; Guidance, Health, Safety, Self-Awareness; Distributed by: Key Bancshares of Maine, Inc. (1987)

Be Smart, Stay Safe serves as a guide for children to follow. It points out the importance of "being smart so you can stay safe." Through illustration and practice, children are taught to think carefully about strange and unusual situations and decide what to do about them. They are shown examples of how other children would handle difficult situations.

Find a Space--Show Your Face

15 min.; K-8; Safety; Produced by: Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (1983)

Find A Space-Show Your Face teaches children what to do if they are lost in the woods. According to Search & Rescue Director Gary Anderson, "Many of the over 300 searches the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife conducts each year involve young children. We find these searches very difficult because children can do little to help themselves, and may even hide in fear from the searchers. We hope this program and the support of schools and parents will help alleviate this problem."

Hazard

20 min.; 9-12; Career/Vocational Education, Forests & Forestry , Maine Studies, Safety; Distributed by: Maine Dept. of Labor (1988)

The program presents 11 hazards associated with cutting in logging operations and makes practical suggestions for dealing with these hazards.

Hunter Safety

27 min.; 7-12; Maine Studies, Safety; Produced by: Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (1996)

A discussion with the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife safety officer on all aspects of hunter safety. The program also looks at how hunter safety classes, now required for all first time hunters, are helping reduce the number of hunting related accidents.

Landowner Relations

25 min.; 7-12; Maine Studies, Safety, Social Studies; Produced by: Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (1996)

Landowner Relations addresses sportsman's ethics, behaving appropriately in the outdoors, and safety. Almost 95% of Maine is privately owned; and in most cases people hunting, snowmobiling, hiking, or accessing remote fishing spots are all doing so on privately owned land. H ow do we keep the land from being posted? H ow do we encourage all outdoor enthusiasts to behave responsibly and ethically while roaming the fields, forests, and waters of the state.

No Boss on Your Back

31 min.; 9-12; Career Education, Forests & Forestry , Maine Studies, Safety; Distributed by: Maine Dept. of Labor (1992)

No Boss On Your Back deals with safe trucking in the wood industry.

Put'er There!

22 min.; 9-12; Career Education, Forests & Forestry , Maine Studies, Safety; Distributed by: Maine Dept of Labor, Augusta , ME (1989)

Put'er There! is about directional felling in forestry operations. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the most commonly used notching techniques with a heavy emphasis on safety.

Right Chemistry

3 programs - var. lengths; 7-12; Environment, H ealth, Safety; Distributed by: Chemical Manufacturers Association (1984)

Discusses chemicals as a source of continuing concern: Are they safe? What do they do to the environment? What is being done to control them?

  1. Doing Something (22 min.)
  2. The Need to Know (28 min.)
  3. The Chemical Industry (5 min.)

Teens @ Work: Starting Safely

12 min.; 9-12; Career Education, H ealth, Safety; Produced by: Maine Department of Labor (1998)

Understanding health and safety hazards young workers face on the job. Prevention issues, and rights of young workers, including child labor laws.

Then It Happened

15 min.; 7-12; Environment, Forests & Forestry , Maine Studies, Safety; Distributed by: Maine Dept. of Conservation (1987)

A documentary on the 1947 forest fires in Maine with an introduction by Governor John McKernan.

Warden Search & Rescue

25 min.; 4-12; Maine Studies, Safety; Produced by: Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (1994)

Maine Game Wardens are trained to coordinate effective search and rescue operations, and use the expert assistance of Maine 's volunteer core of over 500 trained search and rescue personnel. Shows how a search is coordinated and how wardens and trained volunteers risk their lives to find a lost or injured child, berry-picker, boater, or cross-country skier.