Safety Word Search for Safety Week

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TNHJSMOKEALARMY

TYALLIGHTNINGBP

XNURSEMERGENCYO

TORULESTUSNXWSH

UMTYIOISSIHFOTA

FIREFIGHTERREOH

SSHIIAIAESSBMPE

QFPOCDJDDOUTTSA

ULOYDDIEATNKHII

HBYHORKEDQSXYGO

YHELMETIUECNENE

SGOCESIRLXRHEOA

ENBLASEATBELTCI

ICROSSWALKEDTOS

TESCAPEPLANDDGS

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Smoke alarmSMOKE ALARM
FirefighterFIREFIGHTER
Escape planESCAPE PLAN
CrosswalkCROSSWALK
Seat beltSEAT BELT
HelmetHELMET
Stop signSTOP SIGN
SunscreenSUNSCREEN
LightningLIGHTNING
ShadeSHADE
EmergencyEMERGENCY
Trusted adultTRUSTED ADULT
AddressADDRESS
RulesRULES
NurseNURSE

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TNHJSMOKEALARMY

TYALLIGHTNINGBP

XNURSEMERGENCYO

TORULESTUSNXWSH

UMTYIOISSIHFOTA

FIREFIGHTERREOH

SSHIIAIAESSBMPE

QFPOCDJDDOUTTSA

ULOYDDIEATNKHII

HBYHORKEDQSXYGO

YHELMETIUECNENE

SGOCESIRLXRHEOA

ENBLASEATBELTCI

ICROSSWALKEDTOS

TESCAPEPLANDDGS

SMOKE ALARM, FIREFIGHTER, ESCAPE PLAN, CROSSWALK, SEAT BELT, HELMET, STOP SIGN, SUNSCREEN, LIGHTNING, SHADE, EMERGENCY, TRUSTED ADULT, ADDRESS, RULES, NURSE

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Fire Safety 24

Battery The power cell inside an alarm. The US Fire Administration says a 9-volt one is changed at least once a year.
Candle A stick of wax with a wick that burns with a small open flame.
Crawl To move on hands and knees, down where the air is clearer when a room fills with haze.
Drill A practice run for an emergency. In the United States each state sets how many a school holds.
Elevator A lift between floors. A sign beside it says to take the stairs in a fire.
Escape plan A map of a home that shows all the doors and windows and the ways out.
Exit The way out of a building, often marked by a lit sign over the door.
Extinguisher A red metal can that sprays foam or powder to put out a small blaze.
Fire chief The officer in charge of a town's engine crews.
Fire truck A red vehicle that carries ladders, hoses and a crew to an emergency.
Firefighter A trained worker who puts out blazes and gets people to safety.
Heater A machine that warms a room.

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Fire Safety, continued

Hose A long bendy tube that carries water from a hydrant or a pumper.
Lighter A pocket tool that makes a flame. Several countries require a child-resistant one.
Loud What an alarm has to be, so that it wakes people who are asleep.
Matches Small sticks that make a flame when struck. They are a tool for grown-ups.
Meeting place The spot outdoors, in front of the home, where a family gathers after getting out.
Monthly How often the US Fire Administration says to press the test button on an alarm.
Outside Out of the building. It is where a fire drill ends, at the meeting place.
Smoke alarm A ceiling device that beeps loudly when it senses a fire. The US Fire Administration says to test it monthly.
Stairway A set of steps between floors, and the way down from a tall building during a drill.
Station The building where a fire crew waits for a call and keeps its trucks.
Stop drop roll Three words taught to children for the rare moment when clothing catches fire.
Two ways out What the US Fire Administration says to find for every room: a door and, say, a window.

Road and Bus 24

Back seat The row behind the driver, where young riders sit.
Booster seat A raised cushion that lifts a child so that the car strap sits on the chest and hips.
Buckle The clasp that clicks a car strap shut.
Bus driver The adult at the wheel of the yellow ride to class.
Bus stop The marked spot on a street where riders wait to be picked up.
Crossing guard An adult who holds up a small stop sign on a pole so that children can get over the street.
Crosswalk A marked path over a street. Its striped British cousin, the zebra crossing, dates from 1951.
Curb The raised edge between the pavement for walkers and the street.
Elbow pads Soft shells strapped to the arms for skating and riding a board.
Helmet A hard hat with a chin strap, worn on a bike, a scooter or a skateboard.
Hold hands What a small child and a grown-up do to stay together near cars.
Look both ways Three words that mean checking left, right and left again from the curb.
Parking lot A paved area full of stopped cars, some of them backing out.
Patrol Older pupils who help at a crossing. US programs began in 1920, and the first crossing run by pupils was in St. Paul in 1921.
Railroad Train tracks. Where they meet a street there are gates, bells and flashing red lights.
Reflector A small plastic panel that bounces headlight beams back, so a bike or a bag shows up at night.
School bus The big yellow ride to class. Its color was picked in 1939 because black letters on it read well in dim light.
Scooter A board with two wheels and a handlebar, pushed along with one foot.
Seat belt The strap that holds a rider in a car. Nils Bohlin gave it its modern three-point shape in 1959.
Sidewalk The paved path for people on foot beside a street.
Signal A light or a hand movement that tells others what is about to happen.
Stop sign A red board with eight sides and four white letters, found at a corner.
Stoplight A traffic signal: red on top, yellow in the middle, green at the bottom.
Wait To stay put until it is your turn, as walkers do at a red hand.

Water Safety 20

Beach flags Colored signals on the sand. Red and yellow together mean a lifeguard is on duty.
Boat A small craft for the water. US federal rules have children under 13 wear a life vest on one.
Dock A wooden platform built out over a lake, where boats tie up.
Fence A barrier. Around a pool it goes all the way round, with a gate that latches.
Float To rest on top of the water without sinking.
Kickboard A foam float held out in front while learning to swim with the legs.
Lessons Classes where a child learns the strokes and how to tread water.
Life jacket A vest that keeps a person afloat. Most are bright yellow or orange so rescuers can spot them.
Lifebuoy A floating ring thrown to a person in the water.
Lifeguard A trained rescuer who watches swimmers. A red and yellow flag marks the area on watch.
No diving Two words on a sign where the water is too shallow to enter head first.
Rescue tube A long foam float with a strap that a lifeguard carries.
Rip current A strong, narrow stream of water that flows straight away from the beach.
Shallow Not deep. The end of a pool where a child can stand.
Shore The land along the edge of a lake or the sea.
Swim To move through the water using arms and legs.
Thin ice A frozen pond surface that cannot hold a person up.
Tower The tall seat from which a lifeguard watches the water.
Wade To walk through water that comes no higher than the knees.
Whistle What a lifeguard blows to get attention. Most passenger life vests carry a plastic one too.

Sun and Weather 23

Basement The floor of a house below ground level.
Blizzard A heavy snowstorm with strong wind and very little to see.
Earthquake A sudden shaking of the ground.
Flood Water that rises and covers land that is usually dry.
Forecast A report that says what the weather is likely to do next.
Heat wave A run of unusually hot days.
Hurricane A huge spinning storm that forms over warm ocean water.
Indoors Inside a building. The National Weather Service says to stay there for 30 minutes after the last thunder.
Lightning A giant spark in a storm. Count the seconds to the thunder and divide by 5 for the miles away.
Radio A battery-powered set that carries storm warnings when the power is out.
Raincoat A waterproof jacket.
Shade A cool spot out of direct sun, such as under a tree or an awning.
Shelter A safe place in bad weather. In a thunderstorm that means a building or a hard-topped car.
SPF Short for sun protection factor, a rating for sun lotion introduced in 1974.
Storm Rough weather with strong wind and heavy rain or snow.
Sun hat A wide-brimmed cap that keeps rays off the face and neck.
Sunscreen A lotion that soaks up ultraviolet rays. Broad-spectrum on the label means it covers both UVA and UVB.
Take cover To get under or behind something solid, as a class does in an earthquake drill.
Thunder The boom that follows a flash. Where it can be heard, lightning is near enough to matter.
Tornado A spinning funnel of wind that reaches from a cloud to the ground.
Ultraviolet The invisible part of sunlight that tans and burns skin.
Umbrella A folding cover on a stick that keeps rain off.
Water bottle A refillable drink container for a hot day.

Home and Emergency 24

Address The house number, street and town where a person lives, which an operator asks for.
Ambulance The vehicle that carries a sick or hurt person to the hospital.
Banister The rail beside a staircase that a hand slides along.
Bath mat A rubber sheet with grip that lies in the tub.
Call To ring someone on the telephone.
Childproof Made hard for small hands to open or reach.
Emergency A sudden, serious event that needs help right away.
First aid kit A box of bandages, tape and wipes kept ready for small hurts.
Gate A swinging barrier. The kind fitted at the top of the stairs is screwed to the wall.
Help What a person asks for when a problem is too big to handle alone.
Latch A small catch that keeps a cabinet or a gate shut. Some need two moves to open.
Locked Fastened shut with a key or a code.
Medicine Pills or syrup taken to get well. Most bottles now have a child-resistant cap.
Neighbor A person who lives next door or nearby.
Nine one one The emergency telephone digits in the United States, spelled out.
Operator The person who answers an emergency call and asks where you are.
Outlet The wall socket where a plug goes. A sliding cover keeps small fingers away from it.
Parent A mother or a father.
Phone number The digits that reach a parent. Many children learn one by heart.
Plug The pronged end of a cord that fits into a wall socket.
Poison Anything that harms the body if it is swallowed or breathed in.
Safe Out of danger.
Tell To let a grown-up know what happened.
Trusted adult A grown-up a child knows well and can go to with any worry, such as a parent or a teacher.

School and Playground 23

Ask To put a question to someone, for example before petting a dog.
Buddy A partner. Each of the pair keeps track of the other on a trip or at the pool.
Climb To go up using hands and feet.
Counselor A school staff member whose job is to listen to pupils.
Follow To do what the directions say, or to go behind the leader.
Hallway The long passage that connects classrooms.
Hold on To keep a firm grip, as on a railing or a swing chain.
Line A single-file row, the way a class leaves the room in a drill.
Monkey bars An overhead ladder crossed by hanging from rung to rung.
Nurse The health worker whose office a pupil visits when feeling unwell.
Office The front room of a school, where visitors sign in.
Quiet Making very little noise, so that instructions can be heard.
Recess The break in the school day for outdoor play.
Rules The short list of what to do and not do, posted on the wall.
Sandbox A low wooden frame where small children dig and build castles.
Seesaw A long board balanced in the middle, with a rider at each end.
Shoelaces The strings on sneakers. A loose one is easy to step on.
Slide A smooth sloping chute that is ridden down sitting up, feet first.
Swings Hanging seats that go back and forth.
Take turns To go one after another, not all at once.
Teacher The adult in charge of a class, who counts heads after a drill.
Walking feet A classroom phrase for moving through the building without running.
Wood chips A loose layer of shredded timber spread under climbing frames.

How this list was compiled: 138 safety words for a school safety week, chosen and defined for this site: six themed lists (fire safety, road and bus, water safety, sun and weather, home and emergency, school and playground), a 26-word starter list, 12 short words and every entry of 8 letters or more. It is a vocabulary list: each line says what a word means, and a clue that gives a rule of the US Fire Administration or the National Weather Service names it. No product is named, and there are no injury, weapon or crime words. Phrases such as Seat belt and Life jacket are hidden without their spaces. Checked on 19 September 2026: US Fire Administration, https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/prepare-for-fire/home-fire-escape-plans/ and https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/prepare-for-fire/smoke-alarms/ and, in English Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ followed by Stop,_drop_and_roll, Fire_drill, Personal_flotation_device, Crossing_guard, Zebra_crossing, Seat_belt, School_bus_yellow, Traffic_light, Child_safety_seat, Lifeguard, Rip_current, Lightning_safety, Childproofing and Playground_surfacing. Checked on 20 September 2026: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_safety_patrol, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen and the National Weather Service at https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-tips Licence: own work

How it works

From Smoke alarm to Trusted adult, the 26 starter words of this safety word search cover fire, road, water, weather, home and school. A clue that gives a US Fire Administration or National Weather Service rule names the agency.

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One list for each day of safety week

Fire Safety has 24 words, among them Stop drop roll, Meeting place and Two ways out. Road and Bus carries Crossing guard, Booster seat and Look both ways. Water Safety, Sun and Weather, Home and Emergency, and School and Playground fill the rest of the week.

Safety word find puzzles with a fact in the clue

Some clues end in a checked fact. The US Fire Administration says to find two ways out of every room and to test a smoke alarm monthly. Nils Bohlin gave the seat belt its three-point shape in 1959.

Questions and answers

Which safety topics does it cover?

Six: fire, road and bus, water, sun and weather, home and emergency, and school and playground. Bicycle, kitchen, first aid and online safety words each have a page of their own, linked under the puzzle.

Which list has the road and bus words?

Road and Bus, 24 entries, with Crossing guard, Bus stop and Stop sign. The clue for School bus carries a date: its yellow was picked in 1939 because black letters on it read well in dim light.

Which list suits a weather safety lesson?

Sun and Weather, 23 words. Tick Show clues, not words, and the clue for Lightning gives pupils a sum: count the seconds to the thunder and divide by 5 for the miles away.

How is Stop, drop and roll hidden in the grid?

As STOPDROPROLL, 12 letters in one run, and listed as Stop drop roll. The entry sits in Fire Safety and in Long and Tricky. Seat belt, Smoke alarm and Life jacket are hidden the same way.

All 138 words

Fire Safety 24

Fire Safety, continued

Road and Bus 24

Water Safety 20

Sun and Weather 23

Home and Emergency 24

School and Playground 23

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