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Window safety tips

Last update: April 24, 2008 - 11:59 PM

Window screens should be strong enough to keep bugs out, but not kids inside in the event of an emergency.</p>

Keep windows closed and locked when children are around. For ventilation, open windows out of children's reach, perhaps only the upper pane.</p>

Keep children from playing by windows. Keep furniture -- or anything children can climb -- away from windows.</p>

If you install window guards or bars, be sure they have release mechanisms that will open easily in a fire emergency.</p>

To lessen a fall's impact, place shrubs and wood chips or grass beneath windows.</p>

SOURCE: National Safety Council, at <a href="http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/windows.htm">www.nsc.org/library/facts/windows.htm</a></p>

 
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