WHAT IS SAFETY?
INTRODUCTION TO SAFETY EDUCATION
The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk
or injury OR denoting something designed to prevent injury or damage.
Safety
should not be regarded as a duty but should
be taken as a level of
consciousness in our day to day lives.
Safety
is a noun defined as;
TYPES OF SAFETY
There
are various forms of safety or security such as safety of the body, property,
health, morality and many more. We
have put safety into two categories with both equally important and inter-related. Safety can be;
i. Internal Safety
Internal
safety is the condition
of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury in regards to a person’s
internal being with matters in relation to safety of:
a) The Mind
b) The Heart
c) The Emotions
ii. External Safety
External
safety is the condition
of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury in regards to a person’s external physical being with matters in relation to safety of:
a) The Body
b) The Other Person
c) The Property
MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
According to Maslow's Hierarchy of
Needs, Safety or security is the second most basic of human needs after
acquiring our physiological needs. This means it is most important once the
basic need of air, food, water and necessities are met. Safety is a priority in
order for us to strive as human beings.
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