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Young
Children Burned by Curling Irons
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In an average year children
under 5 years of age suffer approximately
7,700 burn injuries which require hospital
emergency room treatment when they touched
hot curling irons. Burns to young children
represented about 50 percent of all
injuries with hair curling irons during
these years. Teenagers and adults should
never leave a hot curling iron where a
young child can reach it.
Another hazard with hair curling irons is
eye injury to the user. There are
estimates that there were 5,400 emergency
room treated burns to the eye per year
when users accidentally touched their eyes
with the hot iron. Most victims were young
women between 15 and 24 years old.
During the past few years, curling irons
have been made to get hotter. These hotter
curling irons may cause more severe
injuries when young children touch them
and when users inadvertently touch their
eyes and face with the curling irons.
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HOT
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The recent Taylor County Burn Ban was lifted August 18.
Please continue to be careful.
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Congratulations to Jeremy Williams for
his recent promotion to Lieutenant!
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HELP PREVENT GRASS
FIRES
BE CAREFUL WHILE
WELDING OR WORKING WITH OTHER SPARK PRODUCING EQUIPMENT
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When was the
last time you tested your smoke detectors ?
Your Abilene
Fire Department reminds you to test your detectors MONTHLY
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Never cross a road that is covered in
water. 1 to 2 feet of water is capable of floating your
vehicle.
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"FIREWATCH"
FIREWATCH
every Monday on
KRBC 9 "Abilene's First News" during the
5:00pm Newscast
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CODE RED
The CodeRED system calls
only those who are in the telephone database. To ensure
no one is omitted, individuals and businesses are
encouraged to log onto the City of Abilene’s website, www.abilenetx.com,
and follow the link to the "CodeRED Residential and
Business Data Collection" page. Those without
Internet access may call Emergency Plans Office
(676-6525), Monday through Friday No one should
automatically assume his or her phone number is
included.
Questions should be
directed to the City of Abilene’s Office of Emergency
Management, (325) 676-6683.
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