Sioux Empire Safety Village was first conceived in 1998 after a visit to the National Fire Academy included a field trip to the Childrens Village project in Hagerstown Maryland.  Seeing an operational, Safety Center designed to teach injury prevention to children, led us to write a concept paper which was shared with a number of Sioux Falls business people. All thought it was a good idea so a board of directors was formed, 501-C-3 status was obtained from the Internal Revenue Service and, over a number of years projects began to come into being.

The Sioux Empire Safety Village is located on the WH Lyon Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls South Dakota and has both premanent and temporary exhibits and special events on the fairgrounds.

Our planned growth shows that in the next five years we will either completely move off the fairgrounds to our own property or build a number of other exhibits onto the property to help the public understand that injuries are not "accidents" and most of the time can be avoided through education, proper engineering and sometimes through enforcement programs.