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Fire Safety
Last year, these needless tragedies happened to loving Oklahoma families:
A 5-year-old child was left home alone. The trailer house caught on fire.Investigators suspected that the child may have been playing with matches.The child had set a fire three days previously…
1-year-old, 2-year-old and 4-year-old were left alone in a car parked in a driveway. The adults were in the house. The 4-year-old was playing with a lighter and started a fire. The 1-year-old died…
Parents and caregivers leave children alone for “just a minute.” They don’t think anything can happen. They think that children know better than to play with matches, lighters or candles. They think because the house has a smoke detector – regardless of whether it works or not – that the family is safe.
A child left alone with matches, lighters, burning candles, cigarettes, gas heaters, stoves, fireplaces, gasoline or grills is all it takes to create a tragedy. A spark can become an inferno in seconds.
A smoke detector with good batteries and a responsible adult watching a child at all times help prevent fire-related injuries and death.
“Parents and caregivers should take just a moment to think before leaving children alone,” said Robert W. Block, M.D., chair of the department of pediatrics, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa. “They can prevent injuries and help children live a long and healthy life.”
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