A primary function of SAFE KIDS is to use trained, certified Child Restraint Technicians to insure that children's car seats and booster seats are properly installed. Nationally, 80% of these are secured improperly or are inapporpiate for use by a particular child. Technicians are present at a minimum of three county-wide family events to do seat checks each year.
For car seat checks please refer to the list of technicians and locations for immediate installation checks:
Car Seat Technicians and Locations
For additional car restraint information please refer to the following:
**In addition to child restraint checks, SAFE KIDS is at many family events to offer information on home safety, what to do in an emergency, internet safety, poisons, and many other topics. Please note further on some of those safety topics.
1. Childproofing Your Home
- Child safety devices are an important aid to parental supervision. Here are 12 child safety devices that will help keep your home--and children--safer.
2. Home Safety
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Always know where your children are.
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Help children learn important phone numbers.
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Set limits on where your children can go in your neighborhood. Do you want them crossing busy roads? Are their chertain homes in your neighborhood that you don't want your children to go to?
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Know your children's friends.
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Set limits on computer use when a parent/guardian is not home.
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Make sure children don't wear clothing with their names on it.
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If your children are home alone, make sure they keep the door locked at all times and that they do not answer the door for anyone but designated people.
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Set up a telephone policy of whom they can answer the telephone for.
3. What to do in an Emergency
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Make sure children know their full name, parents' full names, address, and phone number.
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Explain to children that an emergency is a situation where they need the help of a police officer, firefighter, or doctor. Teach children to diall 911 in an emergency and have children practice giving the following information: nature of emergency, full name, full adress, and telephone number.
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Talk with chidlren about what to do when they need help if it's not an emergency, such as if they are home alone and have a headache.
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Make sure children know how to reach you at all times.
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Post emergency phone numbers by the phone, including your work and cell phone numbers.
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Discuss with your children safe neighbors for them to go to if they need help.
4. Dealing with Strangers
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Discuss what a stranger is with your children. A stranger is a person whom you have never met. You may have seen the person before but don't know anything about him or her. Strangers don't look like monsters, aliens, or the bad guys you see on TV. They look like ordinary people.
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Know where your children are at all times. Make a rule that your children must ask permission or check with your before going anywhere.
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Point out safe places in the neighborhood. Walk through the neighborhood with children and show them safe places to play, safe roads and paths to take, and safe places to go if there's trouble.
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Teach children to trust their instincts. Explain that if they ever feel scared or uncomfortable they should get away from the situation and tell an adult.
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Teach children "no, GO, Yell, Tell." Teach children to say no, tun away, yell as loud as they can, and tell a trusted adult if they think they are in a dangerous situation.
5. Internet Safety
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Set up times that children can go online and when they cannot.
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Talk with children about the benefits and risks of the interenet. Ask them what they do online, what websites they visit, who they chat with, and what games they play.
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Go online and look at websites, chat rooms, and blogs that children might visit.
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Keep the computer in a busy area of the house.
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With your children, agree on rules of what they can and cannot do online, wha tthey can go on the internet, and how long they can stay.
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Consider using a fi8lter, blocking or ratings system for your computer.
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Talk with your children about how important it is NOT to give out any personal information (address, phone #, etc.) on the internet unless they get permission from a parent first.
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Talk with your children how important it is not to open files, e-mails, or we sites sent by strangers, have them delete them right away.
6. Poisons and Deadly Look Alikes
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An important step toward eleimnating childhood accidents in the home is locating the hazardous situations and conditions that are likely to cause accidents.
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Packages of products, sometimes the products themselves, can be so similar that a small child may not be able to tell the difference.
Please refer to the flyers for important information regarding these two topics"
