Organization Name:  CHOC Community Education CHOC Mobile Safety House
Address:  455 S. Main St.
City, State, Zip:  Orange CA, 92868
Phone:  714-532-8887
Fax:  714-289-4087
Name and Title of Contact Person:  none
Website:  http://www.choc.org
Organization Type
Non Profit
Has Target Population
0 - 5 years
Parents
Serves Counties
Orange
Serves Demographic
North County
Central County
South County
Covers these Unintentional Injury Areas
Burns
Drowning
Environmental Safety
Falls
Home Safety
Residential Fire
Unintentional Firearm
Provides these types of Injury Prevention Services
Educational
Home safety presentations. Mobile home safety unit. Provide home safety education to parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5.
Materials
Provide home safety resources as well as comprehensive take home, home safety checklist in English and Spanish.
Training (ie: Hands on, Classroom training)
57 foot mobile truck and trailer designed to teach parents and caregivers how and why children get injured in the home, while offering skills and techniques on how to make homes safer for children.
Additional Certifications

Qualified health educator trained in home safety.
Description of program

The CHOC Mobile Safety House is a fifty-seven foot mobile truck and trailer designed to teach parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 home safety techniques. This innovative program is constructed utilizing Orange County data, based on the unintentional home injuries seen in Orange County. The CHOC Mobile Safety House is visually designed to resemble a safe home teaching parents and caregivers how and why children get injured in the home, while offering skills and techniques on how to make homes safer for children. Upon touring the CHOC Mobile Safety House, visitors are given a resource guide that includes a take home safety checklist as well as a take home safety device. Safety devices are also available at a low cost at the CHOC Shop, which can be viewed at www.choc.org.