The Safety Village programs offer the following:

• Hands on learning in a safe and realistic environment
• Service students in the Region of Waterloo (grades 1-6)
• Operate on a first come first serve basis
• All programs are designed for two grade levels to attend at one time; one will visit the fire education center and the other will visit the police education center
• Capacity is 30 students per class (fire/ police programs run simultaneously to allow for a school to fill a bus to capacity and save on transportation costs)
• Fully accessible to all children including children with special needs
• Grade 1,2,3 and 4 programs are 70 minutes in length (40 minutes of classroom instruction and 30 minutes of hands on application in a safe and realistic environment)
• Grade 5 and 6 programs are 90 minutes in length
• All programs are taught by a uniformed police officer or a uniformed fire and life safety educator