BURRILLVILLE – It’s the first weekend of November, and it’s time to turn back the clock and replace smoke alarm batteries today.
With the holiday season upon us and winter quickly approaching, fire safety and burn prevention should take front stage for kids and family safety in our apartments and in our homes over the coming months. Smoke alarms save lives. Put one on every level of your home. Fire departments here in Rhode Island, New England and nationwide recommend replacing your smoke alarm batteries. Traditionally, it is a safe step to help keep kids and families safer during the holidays and long winter months. Fires happen way too often during this time of year in residence and businesses alike. Taking safety precautions is essential to try and avoid burns and unintentional injuries.
Talking to your children about fire safety and burn prevention can keep little ones safer and out of harm’s way.
These important Sunday features address kids and family safety and injury-prevention all year long. Take advantage of these creative coloring cartoons and characters and share with your family and friends.
Jim Weicherding is a Burrillville resident, and the founder and creator of an award-winning traffic safety effort Seasons of Safety. Weicherding contributes kids’ coloring cartoons, which can be printed and used to help parents discuss safety issues with their children. He has a long list of police officers and firefighters in his family and has worked with law enforcement and firefighters in a creative public safety capacity for more than two decades.
