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Day 5, April 9
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Day 4, April 8
Window Safety and Fall Prevention Tips, Part 2

The Window Safety Task Force offers these tips to protect children from window falls:

• Never paint or nail a window shut. You must be able to open them to escape in an emergency.
• Do not install A/C units in windows that may be needed for escape or rescue. Always have at least one window in each sleeping and living area that meets requirements for escape and rescue.
• Consider installing window fall prevention devices or guards as a fall prevention measure.
• Install double-hung windows on second stories.  The upper sash can be opened for ventilation while leaving the lower sash closed.
• Some homes may have guards, bars, grilles or grates already covering their windows. Those windows are useless for emergency escape and rescue without appropriate release mechanisms; update them to include releases.
• Determine your family's emergency escape plan and practice it often. Include a safe meeting place outside.  Children may have to rely on a window to escape in an emergency. Help them learn to safely use a window to escape.

​Watch for Day 5 of Window Safety Week right here!

​Day 3, April 7
Window Safety and Fall Prevention Tips, Part 1

The Window Safety Task Force offers these tips to protect children from window falls:

• Keep children's play away from windows or patio doors. Falling through an insect screen, open window or glass can be fatal or cause serious injury.
• Keep furniture - or anything children can climb - away from windows. Children may use such objects to climb to an open window and potentially fall.
• Keep your windows closed and locked when young children are present. When opening windows for ventilation, open windows that a child cannot reach.
• The degree of injury sustained from a window fall can be affected by the surface on which the victim falls. Plant shrubs and soft edging like grass or wood chips beneath windows to potentially lessen the impact if a fall does occur.

​Watch for Day 4 of Window Safety Week right here!

Day 2, April 6
Each year, the Window Safety Task Force takes the first full week in April to educate about the importance of practicing window safety year-round.

Falls from a window can result in serious injury or death and pose an especially dangerous threat for children. Every year, about eight children under age five die from falling out a window, and more than 3,300 are injured seriously enough to go to the hospital.

“It only takes seconds for a preventable window fall to occur,” said Becky Turpin, director of Home & Community Safety for the National Safety Council. “To avoid these needless tragedies, it is very important for parents and caregivers to take steps to prevent home falls.”
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Watch for Day 3 of Window Safety Week right here!

Day 1
Windows are one of the few things we enjoy both inside and outside our homes and businesses.  They serve an important role in our lives by letting in natural light and fresh air when open, and by keeping out the elements when they’re closed.  Certain larger windows can even take on an even greater role if we need to escape or let emergency personnel in.

The goal of Window Safety Week is to encourage parents and caregivers to take steps to observe window safety throughout the year.  Responsible adults are the key to window safety when children are present.

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Watch for Day 2 of Window Safety Week right here!