Safe Kids At Home - Home Safety

Taking simple prevention measures and closely supervising your children can help protect them from common household hazards, such as fires, burns, drowning, suffocation, choking, firearm injury, poisoning and falls. A few easy, relatively inexpensive steps – locking household cleaning materials in a cabinet out of reach, installing carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms, blocking stairways with baby gates – can greatly reduce your child's risk of injury in the home. There are two steps everyone can take to protect children at home.

First, childproof your home. The best way to find dangers your child might encounter is to explore your home at her level – by getting down on your hands and knees. Cover every room, asking yourself what looks tempting and what is within reach (between the floor and about 40 inches above). Also, check carpets for buried dangers like pins or coins.

Second, understand that childproofing can never be 100 percent effective. That's why it's so important to supervise your children at all times, especially around water, in the kitchen and bathroom, and wherever known hazards exist.

The Home Safety Committee hosts Baby Safety Showers, promotes Poison Prevention Week, and helps promote home safety to parents, educators, caregivers and the public.

For more information about the Home Safety Committee, please contact Co-Chairs Rana Post or Ruth Szkubiel

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Childproofing Basics

Crib Safety flyer