Home Safety
Household
Hazards
Items to check around the
house:
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Rugs without slip-gaurds
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Cleaning products and medications not stored
in the
original container
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Heavy furniture that can tip over if leaned
on
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Objects on tables (like lamps) that can be
tipped
over easily and fall onto children
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basement doors without locks or properly
installed
handrails
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frayed electrical cord
The #1
choking
hazard
in the home
is door stops with removable rubber
ends.
Recommendations:
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Secure heavy furniture (like bookcases) to
the
wall
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Use a shove shield in the Kitchen to keep
tots away
from danger
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Place slip-gaurds under all area rugs to
prevent
slipping
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Auto
Safety
Tips:
While traveling in regions with winter
weather rember the three C's : Check, Change, and Carry. By
following
this check list below your winter travel will be safer for you and
everyone
in your vehicle.
CHECK:
headlights and tail
lights
antifreeze
break fluid
battery
spare tire pressure (if the spare
tire is flat it is useless to you!)
CHANGE:
tires to winter tread (where the snow will accumilate over the
season)
wiper blades (winter blades will clear the windshield better in heavey
snow conditions.)
CARRY:
Jumper cables
flash light (with new battaries - change when you change the clock in
spring and fall)
tire inflator
First aid kit (with rubber gloves)
flare
snow brush/with ice scraper (in winter)
1 blanket per passanger
cell phone
protien bars or other snacks & water
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Child Auto
Safety
Fact:
8 of 10 carseats are not
installed properly and many
parents are not aware of the problem. The local fire station will check
your carseat and instruct you on the proper installation. Often older
cars require a special clip that will lock the seatbelt and allow
the carseat a secure fit.
Tips:
- Place infants and childern in carseats in the backseat of your
vehicle
- infants under 1 year of age and under 20 lbs should be facing the rear
of the car and tilted at a 45 degree angle.
- Toddlers 20 - 40 lbs or 1 - 4 years should be in a carseat
facing forward
- Check for carseat recalls. You can call the CONSUMER PRODUCE
SAFETY COUNCEL at 1-800-638-2772 to
be added to a mailing list for updates on product recalls.
- Childern under 12 years of age should be in the backseat with a
seatbelt properly secured around them.
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Fire Safety
80% of all fire related deaths occur
in the home. On average 3 children die in house fires each day in
the US. Children ages 5 -8 are at the greatest risk of death, often
because advanced planning was not done. Don't leave teaching your
child or anyone else in your family about fire safety up to schools or
anyone else. Take the time to plot a plan of escape, a place to meet
and other fire safety facts before it is to late.
Facts
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Approximately 3 million fires occur in the U.S. each
year
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There is 1 house fire in the U.S. every 45 sec.
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One-third of all fire deaths are in childred under 15 years
old
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Someone dies from burns every 30 minutes
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Someone is burned every 17 sec.
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The elderly and very young are at the greatest
risk
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Having a working smoke detector will double your
chances of surviving a fire
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Put tot finder stickers on all childrens bedroom
windows.
Tips:
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Establish an escape route - fires are loud, scarey and
confusing advanced planning will make escaping easier
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Install and TEST smoke detectors
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If in a fire drop to the floor and crawl to safety-smoke
and
heat will rise
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If your clothing is on fire STOP-DROP-ROLL. NEVER
run.
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Know local emergancy numbers - if it isn't safe to call
from
your home go to a neighbor
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Practice fire drills monthly
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Each room should have 2 safe escape routes.
click for a sample:
www.allstates.com/newspaper/home/escape.html
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