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How To Prevent Heating System Fires According to the National Fire Protection Association, fires associated with home heating equipment result in about 45,000 fires and over 200 fatalities across America every year. All of these fires are preventable with some planning. How To Make Home Repairs Safely Experts advise against tackling projects involving wiring, plumbing, heating, or climbing, even when you have had some training in those areas. However, there are many jobs the average do-it-yourselfer can tackle around the house as long as he or she uses good judgment and proven safety practices. How To Avoid Brain Injuries To Your Child According to the Brain Injury Association, every year in the United States 1.4 million people are treated for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in hospital emergency rooms. About 50,000 people die each year from TBI, and 80,000 experience the onset of long-term disability. How To Hike Safely Communing with nature is no walk in the park. Whether your hike is planned for a few hours or a few days, there are precautions you need to take. How To Avoid Falls At Home Falls are the leading cause of preventable deaths in the home. According to the National Safety Council, each year about 12,000 people die from falls in their homes. Anyone is susceptible to a fall. However, with forethought, most falls can be prevented. How To Avoid Insect Stings Stinging insects! We can't live without them, so we'd better learn to live with them. Over 2 million Americans can have serious reactions to insect stings and bites. The National Safety Council reports that bee stings kill 50-100 people each year. How To Paint Safely Painting is an activity that most of us perform infrequently. This makes us more susceptible to accidents. The next time you plan to use a brush, keep these things in mind. How To Swim Safely At Your Home Pool Drowning is the second-leading cause of injury-related death in children. Each year, about 1,000 children drown and another 4,000 are hospitalized for near-drowning, usually in a pool owned by their family. Over 60 percent of children who drown in pools are under age four. These tragedies do not have to happen. How To Enjoy Camping Safely Like any other human endeavor, successful and safe camping adventures require planning and cautious forethought. How To Keep Your Child Safe On A Playground According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 200,000 children are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year as a result of injuries related to playground equipment, and about 15 children die. Here are some suggestions to help your kids "Run along and play safely." How To Teach Your Teen To Drive Safely Teens and automobiles are a dangerous combination. In fact, car crashes are the leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 13 and 19. You need to be sure your teen is adequately prepared to get behind the wheel of an automobile. How To Prevent Poisonings According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than two million unintentional human poisoning exposures a year in the United States, and approximately 20,000 deaths. These accidents can be prevented. How To Stay Safe On ATVs Each year, over 125,000 injuries requiring emergency room treatment happen to people riding ATVs. In recent years, ATV-related deaths exceeded 700 annually. About 25 percent of the deaths occur to children under age 16. A little attention to safety will pay big dividends. How To Choose A Safe Child Care Program Current studies show that more than half of America's children under the age of six attend an out-of-home child care program. Here are some tips to help you find a safe program for your child. How To Work Safely In Your Home Office Tens of millions of Americans do some office work from their homes. Unfortunately, accidents occur due to a lack of attention to safety. How To Help People With Disabilities Live Safely People with impaired vision, hearing, balance, or mobility face special safety challenges we may not have considered. But there are some things we can do to be more helpful to disabled people, whether the disability is temporary or permanent. How To Keep Your Grandkids Safe When They Visit Grandchildren are truly a blessing. They rejuvenate and bring a great new sense of excitement and discovery. But there's also the serious downside of knowing that if anything happens on your watch, you've failed your own children. How To Use Power Tools Safely According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 100,000 people each year suffer injuries that require emergency room treatment from using home power tools. Power tools are wonderful devices, but they can be very harmful if you don't take the time to learn and follow the proper safety procedures. How To Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning kills over 400 people a year in the U.S., and causes over 10,000 to become ill. Sone preventive steps can eliminate this hazard in your home. How To Hunt Safely With A Gun In a recent year about 80 fatalities and 750 nonfatal injuries occurred to U.S. hunters, according to the International Hunter Education Association. If you are among the millions of Americans who take to the fields with a loaded firearm, keep these things in mind. Alcohol Safety It's possible to stay sober and have a good time. It's also possible to have a few drinks and stay safe. Here are some suggestions for taming the party spirits. How To Use Electricity Safely According to the National Safety Council, more than 500 deaths occur in the United States each year as a result of home electrical fires and electrocutions. Here are some very important actions you should take to protect your family. How To Keep Your Child Safe Going To And From School Some of the most serious threats to your child's safety occur just getting to and from the school building each day. While we can't promise our children a safe world, we can take steps to minimize their risks. How To Water Ski Safely According to the National Safety Council, about 5 million Americans water ski each year, and approximately 6,500 require emergency room treatment. Most of these injuries are the result of carelessness and poor preparation. How To Use Fireworks Safely According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there are more than 10,000 emergency room cases related to fireworks each year. Sadder still, there are deaths. How To Fish Safely Fishing is a wonderful sport, but safety must always be the first thing you consider before trying to land the big one. Annually, over 60,000 fishing injuries require emergency room treatment. Eye injuries from fishing are the No. 1 sports-related eye injury. Most fishing injuries are caused by fishing hooks, while most fatalities are the result of drowning. How To Barbecue Safely The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that more than 15,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year due to injuries associated with gas and charcoal grills. However, there are ways to assure your grilling tears are limited to the culinary effect of slicing a thick, juicy Vidalia onion. How To Be A Safe Boater Boating is one of our most enjoyable summer activities. But don't forget that it can be dangerous, and everyone who gets in a boat must pay attention to safety. How To Use Ladders Safely Annually, there are approximately 200,000 injuries associated with ladders. Most ladder incidents are caused by a loss of balance, or by a ladder's being placed on a slippery surface. Others are caused by sheer foolishness. Almost all of them could have been avoided. How To Stay Safe During Storms While storms are necessary to our existence, they also present a threat to it. Still, there are steps we can take to outwit the forces of nature. How To Run Safely Running is a great way to get in shape. But there are precautions you must take to avoid injuries, to prevent accidents, and to avert those rare circumstances where there are people who might intend to harm you. How To Keep Your Toddler Safe Accidents are the leading cause of death for children over one year of age. Between the ages of six months and two years, children are beginning to walk, run, climb, jump and explore everything. It's a wonderful time for their development, but a time when adults need to watch them like hawks. How To Use Hand Tools Safely There is a right way and a wrong way to use hand tools, but a lot of people don't seem to know it. In fact, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year more than 100,000 injuries require hospital treatment due to misuse of hand tools. How To Protect Yourself From Hypothermia Old Man Winter can be a brutal companion if you aren't adequately prepared to keep his company. About 600 Americans die every year due to hypothermia, and many more are injured. How To Enjoy The Snow And Ice Safely There is nothing prettier than snow and ice twinkling in the sun, but there are also few things more treacherous. How To Enjoy Arts And Crafts Hobbies Safely Hobbies help adults and children relax and develop new skills. But in our desire to enjoy our hobbies, we must not overlook the dangers that exist with some hobbies. Practicing safe habits is a vital part of any hobby activity. How To Keep Your Child Safe On The Internet The Internet can be a source of entertainment and information for your children, and it will be a workplace tool as they grow older. However, it also poses threats to their safety. This article gives you some tips to help keep your child safe. How To Prevent Home Fires About 3,000 people die each year in home fires in the U.S., and tens of thousands are injured. This article gives you some tips on how to prevent these fires. How To Enjoy The Holidays Safely The holidays should be fun for everyone. This article gives you some tips on how to have a good time in a safe manner. Halloween - Keeping Your Kids Safe! Halloween is the most dangerous day of the year for kids, according to Prevent Blindness America. The key to safety is developing a Personal Safety Plan for the trick-or-treaters. Our Accident Epidemic And How To Avoid Being A Victim We have an accident epidemic in this country that affects all Americans. The only way to improve your chances of avoiding accidents is to develop customized Personal Safety Plans for all family members.

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