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Is your public
playground a safe place to play?
Each year, more than 200,000 children go to U.S.
hospital emergency rooms with injuries associated
with playground equipment. Most injuries occur
when a child falls from the equipment onto the
ground.
Use this simple checklist to help make sure your
local community or school playground is a safe
place to play.
Public Playground Safety Checklist
- Make sure surfaces around playground
equipment have at least 12 inches of wood
chips, mulch, sand, or pea gravel, or are mats
made of safety-tested rubber or rubber-like
materials.
- Check that protective surfacing extends at
least 6 feet in all directions from play
equipment. For swings, be sure surfacing
extends, in back and front, twice the height
of the suspending bar.
- Make sure play structures more than 30
inches high are spaced at least 9 feet apart.
Check for dangerous hardware, like open
"S" hooks or protruding bolt ends.
- Make sure spaces that could trap children,
such as openings in guardrails or between
ladder rungs, measure less than 3.5 inches or
more than 9 inches.
- Check for sharp points or edges in
equipment.
- Look out for tripping hazards, like exposed
concrete footings, tree stumps, and rocks.
- Make sure elevated surfaces, like platforms
and ramps, have guardrails to prevent falls.
- Check playgrounds regularly to see that
equipment and surfacing are in good condition.
- Carefully supervise children on playgrounds
to make sure they're safe.
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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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