The free activities will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of CSUN's Associated Students Children's Center on Plummer Street west of Etiwanda Avenue in Northridge.

The day also will include a chance for parents to get their children fingerprinted and for the young people to get their pictures taken with police officers and fire fighters and to explore real police cars and fire engines.

The event is sponsored by Cal State Northridge's Department of Public Safety. It will include participation by the campus's police force, the National Missing Child Locate Center, the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Valley Trauma Center, the Los Angeles Unified School District's Traffic Safety Educators, the CSU Channel Islands Canine Unit and more.

For more information, call (818) 677-2201.

California State University, Northridge has 33,000 full- and part-time students and offers 61 bachelor's and 42 master's degrees as well as 28 education credential programs. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley and the fourth largest in the 23-campus CSU system. The university serves as the intellectual, economic and cultural heart of the Valley and beyond.