Fire - News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19, 2007
CONTACT: Firefighter/PIO Daniel Valenzuela
Glendale Fire Department, (623) 695-7668

Glendale Fire Department Reminds Families
To Be Safe On Halloween

GLENDALE, AZ. – Children are four times more likely to be hit by a car on Halloween than any other night of the year. The City of Glendale wants you to have a “spooktacular” night, so this is why the city is promoting the message “Be Safe, Be Seen” to remind families of some precautions while enjoying the much anticipated night of fun.

The Glendale Fire Department offers these safety tips for a safe and fun Halloween.

• If trick-or treating, please remember to wear something reflective. Through the end of October, the City of Glendale Transportation Department has partnered with the City of Glendale Libraries to offer reflective bags for trick or treating and reflective stickers to apply to costumes. These items can be picked up at any of the three city libraries and are free while supplies last.
  
  
• Drivers please stay on alert especially in residential neighborhoods.
  
  
• Make sure costumes fit to increase the mobility and visibility of children wearing them.
  
  
• Children should be reminded not to run and to use crosswalks or street corners after looking both ways.
  
  
• USA Safe Kids suggests children under the age of 12 be accompanied by an adult.
  
  
• Parents please check all treats before they are eaten and report anything suspicious.
  
  
• For the purpose of lighting jack-o-lanterns, use a flashlight or a liquid light that glows after it bends; not candles.