Practice Summer Safety
Never leave your child in a parked car
While it may be tempting to dash into a store for a quick errand, the temperature inside your car can rise twenty degrees or more and cause heatstroke in a child, during the time it takes for you to run in and out of the store.
Leaving a child alone in a car can lead to serious injury or death from heatstroke.
Young children are particularly at risk, as their body’s heat up three to five times faster than an adult’s.
Put a stuffed animal on your dash to remind you there is child in the car seat, so you don’t inadvertently leave a child alone in a hot vehicle.
Never leave your pet in a parked car
Don’t compromise your pet’s safety by leaving them in a parked vehicle. Not even for a minute. Not even with the car running and with the air conditioner on.
On a hot day in the desert, temperatures inside a vehicle can rapidly rise to dangerous levels.
On an 95 degree day the temperature inside a car, with the windows opened slightly, can reach 112 degrees within 10 minutes.
After 30 minutes, the temperature will reach 120 + degrees. Your pet may suffer irreversible organ damage or die.
Place an animal toy on your dash to remind you the pet is in the vehicle.
Courtesy of the SafeKids Worldwide and the Humane Society of the United States
