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Making Your Home Child Safe, Part 1
How safe is your home for a child? Are there any areas that are potentially harmful? We recently came across an article about childproofing a home with some very helpful reminders. Let’s examine a...
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Young Burn Victim Honored
Stories like this inspire us all! Last week, a 12-year-old boy, Danny Happy stood front and center at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. He was being honored at the East-West Shrine Game. Cameras followed...
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Children and Fire
Children playing with fire cause hundreds of injuries and deaths each year. Preschoolers and kindergartners often start these fires, usually by playing with matches and lighters, and are most...
View ArticleChild Burn Camp of Florida Offers Hope to Burn Injured Children
Fire and burn injuries are the second leading cause of accidental death in childlren ages 1-18. Over 100 children a day are treated in emergency rooms for kitchen and scald burns alone. Aside from the...
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8 Year-Old Child Lights Mattress on Fire, Escapes Serious Burn Injuries
Thousands of deaths and injuries occur each year as the result of children playing with fire. More often than not, preschoolers and kindergarten age boys and girls are responsible for fire accidents,...
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Don’t Let July 4th Fireworks Burn Your Kids
Independence Day is fast approaching and as with every 4th of July, this means one thing to children…fireworks! Unfortunately, thousands of children are injured in fireworks accidents every year....
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Clearwater Child Injury Lawyer Announces “Safety Saturday”
As a Clearwater Child Injury Lawyer, some of the most difficult cases I handle are those which involve injured children. Hundreds of thousands of children are hurt each year in preventable accidents....
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Smoke Alarms Save Lives | Fire Prevention Week Oct.3-9
This week is Fire Prevention Week - an important time to be reminded of fire safety in our homes. On average, 436 children die each year from fire-related injuries in the home. The likelihood of fatal...
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“Brecker Bunny” Teaches Kids Fire and Burn Safety
The National Fire Protection Association reports preschoolers and kindergarteners are most likely to start fires and die in them while playing with matches, lighters, and other heat sources. National...
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BURN AWARENESS WEEK: LEARN ABOUT BURNS
The first week in February is National Burn Awareness Week. Although burns are not something most of us think about every day, they are a major cause of injuries, many of which are preventable. Here...
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