TV related injuries – TV is (still) bad for kids

TV related injuries? Yes, we’ve long known that watching too much TV isn’t great for our kids, but it turns out that TVs are much more dangerous than that. About 17,300 kids a year are physically injured by Televisions! That’s close to 50 every day....

Emergency Planning – Fire Safety

Earlier we talked about having a plan of emergency escape routes for your home – hope you did one because today we’re going to carry on the emergency preparedness theme by improving on the plan and discussing fire safety and fire safety training. Fire...

Emergency Escape Routes at Home

This week is officially Emergency Preparedness Week so let’s start by talking about how to escape if something goes wrong – do you have a plan of emergency escape routes for use at home? Most of us will be aware of emergency escape routes where we work,...

Drowsy Driving and the Long Commute

Driving to work last week I was surprised by a Coyote running across the road in front of the car. Of course wildlife is common and that wasn’t too surprising. What was surprising was that as the car approached and he got spooked, he turned tail and ran back...