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Meet the Helpers

Meet the Helpers

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This series is a public media initiative designed to introduce children to community helpers and practice emergency preparedness. Research has shown that introducing children to community helpers in a safe and fun environment can help them react better during times of crisis.

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Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us and folds his hands together. Next to him is an illustration of a boy tucked in bed.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
45 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Cartoon of a young girl holding a clipboard up to a man who is leaning down and holding a hand out towards her. The background has illustrations of hearts and hands shaking.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Cartoon of two young children finger painting and stamping their whole handprint onto a piece of paper. Two other children play with dolls. Two more children play with a tea set, and another pair plays with trains.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Green cartoon face looks unsure standing by itself and sneezing. Four green unsure faces are gathered together as the sneeze spray from the one face gets on them. Mean-looking germs surround the group of faces.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman leans over a bathroom sink and washes her hands. We can see her reflection in the mirror in front of her.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. Next to him is a green unsure face that sneezes out multiple droplets that are full of germs.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
45 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman talks to us in front of a blue background with illustrations of hands that have different numbers of fingers held up. Next to her is an illustration of a brown house and a green emoji that looks uncertain with small germs surrounding it.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
35 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman talks to us in front of a gray background like she's doing an interview. Text reads, “Share best ways to help stay healthy.”
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
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Cartoon shows four pairs of hands in different skin tones all in a circle in front of a background that has illustrations of blue hands holding different numbers of fingers up.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
40 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman talks to us as she stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of stethoscopes, thermometers, and crosses. Next to her art are two illustrations, one of a group of kids walking in front of a school, and another of a woman watching over two young toddlers as they play.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Cartoon green smiley face that looks uncertain with germs around their mouth stands in front of a brown house. Next to the house are faces of different skin tones smiling and sticking their tongues out. The background has thermometers, stethoscopes, and crosses.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman talks to us in front of a blue background. Text reads, “Don't…overshare information. Do…answer clearly and honestly.”
Meet the Helpers
Episode
59 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
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Man wearing a paramedic suit looks down at a gurney that has a big blue duffle bag on top of it. He stands in front of the back of an open ambulance. There’s an illustration of an oxygen mask next to him.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man stands outside next to a fire truck that has a ladder leaning against it.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wears a white shirt and a golden badge on his chest with a black strap across his torso that has a walkie-talkie on it. The background has illustrations of fire trucks, crosses, and stethoscopes. There’s a blue emoji that is frowning and crying next to him.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wears a golden badge on his chest with a black strap across his torso that has a walkie-talkie on it. The background has illustrations of fire trucks, crosses, and stethoscopes. Next to him is an illustration of a paper with a checklist and a red pencil.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
45 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a police uniform with a star badge on her chest talks to us. The background has illustrations of police cars all over it. Next to her are three illustrations of a father and two children holding hands, a checklist with a red pencil, and a cell phone.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a police uniform talks to us in front of a blue background that has police badges and police cars on it. Next to her is a golden star badge that has “Police state,” written on it.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a police uniform with a star badge on her chest talks to us. The background has illustrations of police cars all over it. Next to her are three illustrations of a father and two children holding hands, a checklist with a red pencil, and a cell phone.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wearing a paramedic suit talks to us as he stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of ambulances, stethoscopes, and crosses. Next to him are two illustrations, one of a pair of bandages, and another of an oxygen mask.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wearing scrubs talks to us as he holds up an Otoscope, the device doctors use to look in ears.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
2 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wearing a paramedic suit talks to us as he stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of stethoscopes, ambulances, and crosses.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman with a lanyard around her neck talks to us in a classroom. Next to her is an illustration of a piece of paper that has “Darryl” and “a b c,” written on it with yellow and blue crayons resting on the paper.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
4 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a purple dress talks to us as she stands in front of a blue background with illustrations of suns, wind, and stormy clouds.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
2 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman with a lanyard around her neck talks to us in front of a background that has illustrations of school buses, apples, pencils, and scissors. Next to her are three illustrations, one of a man driving a school bus full of kids, one with a woman smiling and waving at us, and another of a woman tilting her head and smiling.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman holds her teacher badge up and smiles at us. Next to her is a red badge on a lanyard that has her headshot and the text, “Ms. Judy, Teacher.” The background has backpacks, pencils, school buses, calculators, and other school supplies.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
40 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a purple dress talks to us as she leans on a glass table. Behind her are two TV screens, one showing the Satellite and Radar for the United States, and the other shows the satellite and radar for Florida with a hug blue H covering the state.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a police uniform with a badge talks to us in front of a blue background with illustrations of ambulances, fire trucks, and crosses. Next to her is an illustration of a checklist on white paper and a red pencil.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman wearing a purple dress smiles at us as she stands in front of a large map of the United States with all the major cities labeled and a radar that tracks rain.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. The background has illustrations of thermometers and stethoscopes.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
59 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Man wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neck talks to us. The background has illustrations of thermometers and stethoscopes. Next to him is an illustration of a paper with a checklist and a red pencil.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
50 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman dressed in a police uniform with a badge on her chest talks to us. The background has different emergency vehicles, including an ambulance and a fire truck. Next to her is an illustration of a red fire truck.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
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Woman dressed in a police uniform with a badge on her chest talks to us. The background has different emergency vehicles, including an ambulance and fire truck. Next to her is an illustration of a gray building that’s meant to be an emergency operations center.
Meet the Helpers
Episode
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3