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Kid’s Coloring Pages
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Project Lifesaver
HRFD is proud to offer Project Lifesaver to our residents through a partnership of Tri-County Training Consortium Fire Districts.
Project Lifesaver is a comprehensive program utilizing specialized equipment and training to quickly locate and rescue “at risk” individuals with cognitive disorders who have wandered from a safe place, including those with Alzheimer’s disease, Autism, and Down syndrome. To date, Project Lifesaver agencies have performed over 3,600 searches with no serious injuries or fatalities ever reported.
To find out more about this important new service available to our community, please contact our administration offices at 636-677-3371 or visit http://www.projectlifesaver.org/
Smoke Detector Program
Although we like to feel safe at home, the facts show about two-thirds of our nation’s fire deaths happen in the victim’s own home.
Smoke detectors have saved the lives of many citizens within our district. Unfortunately the absence of working smoke detectors has lead to fire victim deaths. Smoke detectors save lives by sensing smoke particles and alerting occupants to evacuate.
Ask yourself the following questions to determine your smoke detector status:
The Facts
Smoke Detector Tips
Carseat Safety
Child Safety Seat Program
Child safety seats and safety belts, when installed and used properly, can prevent injuries and save lives. Each year, an estimated 975 child occupants under 14 years of age die as a result of a motor vehicle incident. Young children restrained in child safety seats have an 80 percent lower risk of fatal injury than those who are unrestrained.
What You Can Do
Growing Up Safe – It’s a four-step process
For the best possible protection keep infants in the back seat, in the rear-facing child safety seats, as ling as possible up to the height or weight limit of the particular seat. At a minimum, keep infants rear-facing until a minimum of age 1 and at least 20 pounds.
When children outgrow their rear-facing seats (at a minimum age 1 and at least 20 pounds) they should ride in forward-facing child safety seats, in the back seat, until they reach the upper weight or height limit of the particular seat (usually around age 4 and 40 pounds).
Once children outgrow their forward=facing seats (usually around age 4 and 10 pounds), they should ride in booster seats, in the backseat, until the vehicle seat belts fit properly. Seat belt fits across the chest (usually at age 8 or when they are 4’9″ tall).
Once children outgrow their forward=facing seats (usually around age 4 and 10 pounds), they should ride in booster seats, in the backseat, until the vehicle seat belts fit properly. Seat belt fits across the chest (usually at age 8 or when they are 4’9″ tall).
Updated Recommendations for Rear-Facing Carseats
“The AAP recommends that all infants should ride rear-facing starting with their first ride home from the hospital. All infants and toddlers should ride in a Rear-Facing Car Safety Seat until they are 2 years of age or until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat’s manufacturer.” – AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics, Car Safety Seats: Information for Families for 2011
“Keep your child rear-facing as long as possible. It’s the best way to keep him or her safe. Your child should remain in a rear-facing car seat until he or she reaches the top height or weight limit allowed by your car seat’s manufacturer. Once your child outgrows the rear-facing car seat, your child is ready to travel in a forward-facing car seat with a harness.”- NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Growing Up Safe: It’s a four-step process. (publication: 4 Steps Flyer)
“For the best possible protection, keep your infant in a rear-facing child safety seat in a back seat for as long as possible – up to the height or weight limit of the particular seat. The “12 months and 20 pounds” rule many parents cite when turning their child forward-facing in the car is actually the minimum size and age requirement for that changes” – Safe Kids Worldwide
Every Child Deserves to be Safe
The High Ridge Fire District believes that the cost of a carseat should never have to be a factor in deciding to protect your child. To aid in making sure that all children are safe while rising in a vehicle, we have developed a program for providing and installing child passenger seats at little to no cost.