Short messages on Personal safety issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
If you have run away from home, Missing People can send a message home to family on your behalf. Call or text 24/7 on 116 000.
If you are in open water and feel a serious cramp starting remember how buoyant your wetsuit is, roll onto your back, float and try to stretch it out.
If you ever get muscle cramps whilst doing an activity which puts you into danger – like swimming, cycling or driving – get yourself to a safe place as quickly as possible and call for help if you need to.
Muscle cramps can be caused by overexertion of the calf muscles while exercising, insufficient stretching before exercise, muscle fatigue and dehydration.
If your clothes catch fire, STOP still, DROP to the floor, and ROLL like a log to extinguish the fire quickly and efficiently.
Overheated oil in pans, deep fat fryers or dirty ovens and grill pans, along with unattended cooking are the main causes of cooking fires.
Whilst preparing a meal it is important that you never leave any cooking or kitchen appliances unattended. It only takes a few seconds for an unattended pan or cooker to ignite and develop into a serious and life threatening fire.
Pancake Day is a great day to test your smoke alarms on. Smoke alarms should be fitted on every floor of your home and the batteries regularly tested.
Smoke alarms need replacing every 10 years as the sensors become less effective over time. If they have no expiry date printed inside, they are older than 10 years.
If you get angry when driving, pull over until you calm down. “I was angry at something” is never a reason for endangering others or causing fatalities.