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Health Tip: Practice Window Safety
By LadyLively on April 10, 2018
As spring approaches and the weather warms, you should be thinking about window safety and how to prevent falls and fire hazards.
The National Safety Council suggests:
- Never paint or nail a window shut.
- Do not install an air conditioner in a window that may be needed for escape during a fire.
- All window guards, security bars, grilles or grates must have a release mechanism.
- Create an emergency escape plan and practice it often.
- Keep emergencyescape ladders in second- or third-story bedrooms andteach everyone in the homehow to use them.
- Remember that a window screen cannot support a person’s weight.
- Never leave children unattended around an open window.
- Any window within a child’s reach should always be closed.
- Don’t put furniture under a window. Doing so could allow a child to climb on the furniture and fall from the window.
Source: HealthDay
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