Home Safety Council Offers Critical Safety Advice for Parents

WASHINGTON, Parents of young children are often the
most safety-conscious Americans.

Water Safety
* Never leave a child unattended near standing water, even for a moment.,
+1-703-647-6019, for the Home Safety Council.
-- If there are downed lines in your neighborhood after severe weather ,
keep children and pets inside.

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* Use doorknob covers to prevent young children from accessing
bathrooms.

For more information, please visit the Home Safety Council at
http://www.

Fear Factor Fallout: NC Electric Co-ops Urge Parents to Counsel Kids About Electric Safety

This category is for retail sites that sell products geared toward children's safety.

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Move
cribs and playpens away from windows.homesafetycouncil.org.

North Carolina's electric cooperatives serve
approximately 2.

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* Install window locks or safety guards on above-ground windows. The Home Safety
Council is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization located in Washington, DC.C.

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* Store matches, lighters, candles and other fire tools out of children 's
sight and reach, preferably in a locked cabinet.

Choking/Suffocation Prevention
* Window blind cords can present a serious strangulation hazard.

Falls Prevention
* Install baby gates at the tops and bottoms of stairs. As the contestants collected flags, they received electrical
shocks. If a
ball or toy goes over a fence and into a substation , call your local
cooperative and they'll have someone retrieve the item.

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Findings revealed that while nearly 60
percent of parents admitted there are actions they could take today to
increase the safety of their loved ones at home, 32 percent of parents did not
know what actions to take to do so.

* If your home has a pool, surround it on all sides with installed
fencing and a locking, self-latching gate." Greer said he thought the
safety disclaimer used on the show was inadequate. Even if wires aren't touching the tree, they could touch after a
person's weight is added to a branch.

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Be sure
they have a quick-release mechanism in case of fire.

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The new Home Safety Council survey polled American parents about their
home safety perceptions and practices.

* Consider buying a small-parts tester to gauge whether objects present a
choking hazard to young children.

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, North Carolina Electric Co-op
officials are urging parents to counsel children about electric safety in the
wake of a controversial segment of the NBC reality program Fear Factor. Walls and fences surround substations
for good reason. Don't climb over or crawl under fences or gates.

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"Additional barriers such as cabinet locks, baby gates
and door knob covers can help keep children away from matches, lighters,
standing water and other hazards . If the
tree is near a power line or has wires going through it, find another
tree.

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To help parents learn how to best protect their family, the
Home Safety Council, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing
the risk of home injuries, is working to educate and empower parents as part
of the Council's annual Home Safety Month campaign.

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"We're concerned the show conveyed a message that people can withstand
electric shocks without injury, especially at a substation," said Tommy Greer,
safety director for the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives.

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Parents must also take the time to identify
dangers and put necessary safety measures in place," said Home Safety Council
president Meri-K Appy.

* Locate cribs, beds, chairs and other furniture away from windows. RALEIGH, N.

A more comprehensive list of safety tips aimed at children is available
at http://www.com .

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Poison Prevention
* Install child safety locks on cabinets to safely store chemicals,
cleaners, medicines, cosmetics and other toxic and/or caustic products.

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-- Substations are not playgrounds.

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When asked about the greatest home safety
concerns for very young children, only 20 percent of parents correctly named
fires/burns or drowning, the two leading causes of home injury related death
for children ages 1-4.

* Create a fire escape plan, and make sure to practice the plan at least
twice each year .

* Post the Poison Control Hotline (1-800-222-1222) and other emergency
numbers next to every phone.ncemcs.

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* Keep children at least three feet away from the stove when cooking.
-- Don't allow children to play, climb or even touch green, pad-mounted
transformers that are located in many neighborhoods. They hold up the
power poles.

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The Council's comprehensive State of Home Safety in America(TM) also
reveals that falls are the leading cause of nonfatal home injury for young
children. The study also found that children under the age of five experience
the highest rate of choking/suffocation fatalities and nonfatal poison
exposures at home.

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However, according to a new Home Safety
Council survey, they may not be aware of many home dangers putting their
children at risk.

* Install a smoke alarm on every level of your home and in or near
sleeping areas and test smoke alarms monthly. Tie up window cords out of a
child's reach.

About the Home Safety Council
The Home Safety Council (HSC) is the only national non-profit organization
solely dedicated to preventing home related injuries that result in nearly
20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits on average each year.

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5 million people in 93 of the state's 100 counties.

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Research Shows Parents Don't Know Home Dangers are Putting Their Children at Risk

Greer urged parents and
adults, regardless of whether they saw the Fear Factor program, to review the
following safety tips with children.

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Parents can guard against injury by evaluating their home from the
child's-eye point of view, keeping primary injury areas top of mind. Consider
the following advice from the Home Safety Council:

Fire/Burn Prevention:
* Test faucet water at the tap and adjust the water heater to 120
degrees F.
-- Don't allow children to play or swing on guy wires.

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* Pull out drawstrings in children's outerwear and remove necklaces,
purses, bicycle helmets and scarves before play or sleep.

* Purchase cleaners, household chemicals, medications and other
potentially hazardous products with child resistant caps and packaging.

* Store cleaners and chemicals separate from food.
-- Don't allow children to play in trees close to power lines.

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* Turn over all buckets and store them up high where they cannot collect
standing water or be reached by children.

* Homes with young children should not have latex balloons, as the
balloons or pieces of balloon material can become lodged in a child's
throat . The
show ran a segment that had contestants running through a cable maze in a
power substation .
"That's the last place where you want to convey that message because the
voltage that flows through a substation is lethal.

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"Constant, active care is an essential part of keeping young children safe
at home, but it isn't enough. Through
national programs, partnerships and the support of volunteers, HSC educates
people of all ages to be safer in and around their homes.
-- Make sure children never climb utility poles or towers.