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2016 Calendar of Injury Prevention Observances and Events
Injury Prevention Month Long Observances
NHTSA/ Traffic Safety Observances
Poisoning/ Medication Safety Observances
Intentional Injury Awareness Observances
Fire/Burn Safety Observances
ISDH Holiday– Office Closed
ISDH Meetings (IPAC, INVDRS Board
Meetings, ITN and ISTCC)
Conference / Meeting
Disclaimer: Information appearing in this document does not represent endorsement by the Indiana State Department of Health, Trauma and Injury Prevention Division, which
is not responsible for naming or approving national health observances. For more information about an observance, please contact the sponsoring organization
directly.
Other Injury and Safety Observances
Occupational Safety Observances
Color Coding Key:
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
National Winter
Sports Traumatic
Brain Injury Aware-
ness Month
National Stalking
Awareness Month
1
New Year’s Day
2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
No-Name Calling
Week
19
No-Name Calling
Week
20
No-Name Calling
Week
21
No-Name Calling
Week
22
No-Name Calling
Week
23
No-Name Calling
Week
24 25
NIDA National Drug
Facts Week
26
NIDA National Drug
Facts Week
27
NIDA National Drug
Facts Week
28
NIDA National Drug
Facts Week
29
NIDA National Drug
Facts Week
30
NIDA National Drug
Facts Week
31
January 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Teen Dating Violence
Awareness Month
1
Burn Awareness Week
2
Burn Awareness Week
3
Burn Awareness Week
4
Burn Awareness Week
5
Burn Awareness Week
6
Burn Awareness Week
7
Super Bowl Sunday
Drunk Driving Pre-
vention
Burn Awareness Week
8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19
ISTCC
ITN
20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29
February 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Brain Injury Aware-
ness Month
1 2 3 4 5
6 National Sleep
Awareness Week
7
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
7 National Sleep
Awareness Week
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
8 National Sleep
Awareness Week
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
9 National Sleep
Awareness Week
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
10 National Sleep
Awareness Week
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
11 National Sleep
Awareness Week
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
12 National Sleep
Awareness Week
Agricultural Safety
Awareness Program
Week
13 14 15 16
Brain Injury Aware-
ness Day
17 St. Patrick’s Day
Impaired Driving
Prevention
18
IPAC Meeting
NVDRS AB meeting
19
20
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
21
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
22
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
23
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
24
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
25
Good Friday
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
26
National Poison Pre-
vention Week
27 28 29 30 31
March 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
National Distracted
Driving Awareness
Month
Sports Eye Safety
Month
National Youth Sports
Safety Month
National Child Abuse
Prevention Month
Nat’l Sexual Assault
Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness
Month
1
Medication Safety
Week
2
Medication Safety
Week
3Medication Safety
Week
Window Safety Week
4National Public
Health Week
Nat’l Youth Violence
Prevention Wk
Medication Safety Wk
Window Safety Week
5 National Public
Health Week
Nat’l Youth Violence
Prevention Wk
Medication Safety Wk
Window Safety Week
6 National Public
Health Week
Nat’l Youth Violence
Prevention Week
Medication Safety Wk
Window Safety Week
7 Nat’l Public Health
Wk
-World Health Day
-Nat’l Youth Violence
Prevention Week
Medication Safety Wk
Window Safety Week
8 National Public
Health Week
Nat’l Youth Violence
Prevention Week
Window Safety Week
9 National Public
Health Week
Window Safety Week
10
National Public
Health Week
11
National Work Zone
Awareness Week
12
Nat’l Work Zone
Awareness Week
Safe States Mtg
13
National Work Zone
Awareness Week
Safe States Mtg
14
National Work Zone
Awareness Week
Safe States Mtg
15
ISTCC
ITN
National Work Zone
Awareness Week
16
17 18
National Playground
Safety Week
19
National Playground
Safety Week
20
National Playground
Safety Week
21
National Playground
Safety Week
22
National Playground
Safety Week
23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
April 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Keep Kids Alive Drive
25 Day
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
2
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
3
Primary Election Day
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
4 National Bike to
School Day
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
5
Cinco de Mayo
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
6
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
7
North American
Occupational Safety
& Health Week
8
Women’s Health
Week
9
Women’s Health
Week
10
Women’s Health
Week
11
Women’s Health
Week
12
Women’s Health
Week
13
Women’s Health
Week
14
Women’s Health
Week
15
EMS Week
Nat’l Prevention Wk
16 EMS Week
Nat’l Prevention Wk
Nat’l Safe Boating Wk
Click it or Ticket
17 EMS Week
Nat’l Prevention Wk
Nat’l Safe Boating Wk
Click it or Ticket
18 EMS Week
EMS for Children Day
Nat’l Prevention Wk
Nat’l Safe Boating Wk
Click it or Ticket
19 EMS Week
Nat’l Prevention Wk
Nat’l Safe Boating Wk
IPAC Conference
20 EMS Week
Nat’l Prevention Wk
Nat’l Safe Boating Wk
Click it or Ticket
21 EMS Week
Nat’l Prevention Wk
Nat’l Safe Boating Wk
Click it or Ticket
22
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
23
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
24
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
25
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
26
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
27
National Heat Aware-
ness Day
Click it or Ticket
28
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
29
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
30
Memorial Day
Click it or Ticket
(5/16-30)
31 Bicycle Safety Month
National Bike Month
Mental Health Month
Motorcycle Safety
Month
Older Americans
Month
National Water Safety
Month
National Trauma
Awareness Month
May 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
National Safety Month
Fireworks Safety
Month
Men’s Health Month
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15
Safe Kids Indiana
Injury Prevention
Conference
16
Safe Kids Indiana
Injury Prevention
Conference
17
ISTCC
ITN
18
19 20
National Ride to Work
Day
21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
June 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Heatstroke Prevention
Fireworks Safety
Month
1 2
3 4
Independence Day
Impaired Driving Pre-
vention
5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15
IPAC
INVDRS AB
16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
July 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Back to School Safety
Month
Children’s Eye Health
and Safety Month
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
18
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
19
ISTCC
ITN
20
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
21
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
22
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
23
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
24
2016 IERC
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
25
2016 IERC
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
26
2016 IERC
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
27
2016 IERC
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
28
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
29
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
30
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
31
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
August 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Infant mortality month
National Recovery
Month
National Prepared-
ness Month
National TBI Aware-
ness Month
1
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
2
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
3
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
4
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
5
Labor Day
Drive Sober or get
pulled over (8/17-9/5)
6 7
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
8
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
9
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
10
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
World Suicide
Prevention Day
11
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
12
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
13
National Suicide Pre-
vention Week
14 15 16
IPAC Meeting
NVDRS AB meeting
17
18
Child Passenger
Safety Week
19
Child Passenger
Safety Week
20
Child Passenger
Safety Week
21
Child Passenger
Safety Week
22 Child Passenger
Safety Week
Falls Prevention
Awareness Day
23
Child Passenger
Safety Week
24
National Seat Check
Saturday
25 26 27 28 29 30
September 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Domestic Violence
Awareness Month
SIDS Awareness
Month
Eye Injury Prevention
Month
Children’s Health
Month
National Bullying
Prevention Month
1
2 3
Drive Safely Work
Week
4
Drive Safely Work
Week
5
Drive Safely Work
Week
6
Drive Safely Work
Week
7
Drive Safely Work
Week
8
9 Nat’l Fire Preven-
tion Wk
Emergency Nurses
Week
10
Columbus Day
11Nat’l Fire Preven-
tion Wk
Emergency Nurses
Week
12Nat’l Fire Preven-
tion Wk
Emergency Nurses
Week
13Nat’l Fire Preven-
tion Wk
Emergency Nurses
Week
14Nat’l Fire Preven-
tion Wk
Emergency Nurses
Week
15Nat’l Fire Preven-
tion Wk
Emergency Nurses
Week
16 Nat’l Teen Driver
Safety Wk
Nat’l School Bus
Safety Wk
17 Nat’l Teen Driver
Safety Wk
Nat’l School Bus Safe-
ty Wk
18 Nat’l Teen Driver
Safety Wk
Nat’l School Bus Safe-
ty Wk
19 Nat’l Teen Driver
Safety Wk
Nat’l School Bus Safe-
ty Wk
20 Nat’l Teen Driver
Safety Wk
Nat’l School Bus
Safety Wk
21
ISTCC
ITN
22 Nat’l Teen Driver
Safety Wk
Nat’l School Bus
Safety Wk
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31 Halloween
(Impaired Driving &
Pedestrian Safety)
October 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8
General Election Day
9 10 11
Veterans Day
12
13 14 15 16 17 18
IPAC
INVDRS AB
19
International Survi-
vors of Suicide Loss
20 21 22 23 24
Thanksgiving Day
25
Lincoln’s Birthday
Thanksgiving Holiday
Travel Safety
26
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
27
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
28
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
29
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
30
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
November 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Safe Toys & Gifts
Month
National Drunk and
Drugged Driving
1
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
2
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
3
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention (11/25-12/11)
4
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention
5 Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week
Pre-holiday impaired
driving
6 Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week
Pre-holiday impaired
driving
7 Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week
Pre-holiday impaired
driving
8 Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week
Pre-holiday impaired
driving
9 Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week
Pre-holiday impaired
driving
10
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention
11
Pre-holiday season
impaired driving pre-
vention
12
13
14
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
15
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
16
ISTCC
ITN
17
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
18
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
19
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
20
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
21
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
22
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
23
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
24
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
25
Christmas Day
26
Christmas Day
27
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
28
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
29
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
30
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
31
NYE Safety
Holiday Season Im-
paired Driving Pre-
vention (12/14-1/1)
December 2016