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Community Links
Township of Burlington
Burlington Township Schools
Burlington Township Police Department

Burlington County Links
Burlington County, NJ
Burlington County Fire Chief's Association

New Jersey Links
NJ Office of Emergency Management
NJ State Firemen's Relief Association
NJ Division of Fire Safety
NJ Forest Fire Service
Professional Firefighters Association of NJ

National/Federal Links
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
U.S. Fire Administration
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Firefighter Links
1st Responder News
Firefighters Online
International Association of Fire Chiefs - Volunteer & Combination Section
PhillyFireNews.com: Philadelphia Area Fire News
Firehouse.com
Fire Engineering
NJ Firefighters Online
New Jersey Firefighting (Online Forum Similar to Facebook)

Firefighting Equipment
Continental Fire and Safety
Galls
Fire Authority by Galls
Breathe Safe
Chief Supply
Emergency Equipment Sales LLC

Fire Academies
Burlington County Emergency Services Center 
Camden County
Mercer County
Middlesex County
USFA National Fire Academy

Misc. Links
Sires Photography - Jerry Sires

H1N1 (Swine Influenza) -
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/recommendations.htm

School and/or Day Care Specific Resources

All you have to do is wash your hands Podcast: This Podcast teaches children how and when to wash their hands properly.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11072

Downloadable Flu Prevention Materials for Schools/Day Cares:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/

Preventing the Spread of Influenza (the Flu) in Child Care Settings: Guidance for Administrators, Care Providers, and Other Staff: Flu recommendations for schools and child care providers
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/infectioncontrol/childcaresettings.htm

Protecting Against the Flu: Advice for Caregivers of Children Less Than 6 Months Old: Research has shown that children less than 5 years of age are at high risk of serious flu-related complications.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/infantcare.htm

Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School:
Fact Sheet http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/home_work_school.htm

Ounce of Prevention: Tips and streaming video for parents and children about the steps and benefits of effective hand washing
http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/

Clean Hands Saves Lives: Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.
http://www.cdc.gov/cleanhands/

Hand washing to reduce Disease: Recommendations to Reduce Disease Transmission from Animals in Public Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5605a4.htm

BAM! Body and Mind. Teacher's Corner: In this activity, students will conduct an experiment on washing their hands. They will learn that "clean" hands may not be so clean after all and the critical importance of washing their hands as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
http://www.bam.gov/teachers/epidemiology_hand_wash.html

CDC TV - Put Your Hands Together: (Video) Scientists estimate that people are not washing their hands often or well enough and may transmit up to 80% of all infections by their hands.
http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/HandsTogether/

Cover your Cough Posters: Stop the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick! Printable formats of "Cover Your Cough". Posters only available as PDF files.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/covercough.htm

CDC - Be a Germ Stopper: Posters and Materials: For Community and Public Settings Like Schools and Child Care Facilities). Cover Your Cough also available for health care settings.
http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/materials.htm

"It's a SNAP" Toolkit Program materials to help prevent school absenteeism activities for school administrators, teachers, students and others can do to help stop the spread of germs in schools.
See the hand cleaning section of the "It's a SNAP" site at http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/about.asp.

Scrub Club http://www.scrubclub.org/ Kids can learn about health and hygiene and become members of the Scrub Club(tm) at www.scrubclub.org. The site features a fun and educational animated Webisode with seven "soaper-heros" who battle nasty villains who represent germs and bacteria. Kids learn the six key steps to proper hand-washing through a webisode, hand-washing song, interactive games, and activities for kids, and educational materials for teachers are also available to download.


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