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The home areas listed below are the most common
site of accidental poisonings. Follow this
checklist to learn how to correct situations that
may lead to poisonings. If you answer
"No" to any questions, fix the situation
quickly. Your goal is to have all your answers
"Yes."
| THE KITCHEN |
Yes |
No |
| Do all harmful products in the cabinets
have child-resistant caps? Products like
furniture polishes, drain cleaners and
some oven cleaners should have safety
packaging to keep little children from
accidentally opening the packages. |
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| Are all potentially harmful products in
their original containers? There are two
dangers if products aren't stored in their
original containers. Labels on the
original containers often give first aid
information if someone should swallow the
product. And if products are stored in
containers like drinking glasses or pop
bottles, someone may think it is food and
swallow it. |
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| Are harmful products stored away from
food? If harmful products are placed next
to food, someone may accidentally get a
food and a poison mixed up and swallow the
poison. |
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| Have all potentially harmful products
been put up high and out of reach of
children? The best way to prevent
poisoning is making sure that it's
impossible to find and get at the poisons.
Locking all cabinets that hold dangerous
products is the best poison prevention. |
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| THE BATHROOM |
Yes |
No |
| Did you ever stop to think that
medicines could poison if used improperly?
Many children are poisoned each year by
overdoses of aspirin. If aspirin can
poison, just think of how many other
poisons might be in your medicine cabinet. |
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| Do your aspirins and other potentially
harmful products have child-resistant
closures? Aspirins and most prescription
drugs come with child-resistant caps.
Check to see yours have them, and that
they are properly secured. Check your
prescriptions before leaving the pharmacy
to make sure the medicines are in
child-resistant packaging. These caps have
been shown to save the lives of children. |
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| Have you thrown out all out-of-date
prescriptions? As medicines get older, the
chemicals inside them can change. So what
was once a good medicine may now be a
dangerous poison. Flush all old drugs down
the toilet. Rinse the container well, then
discard it. |
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| Are all medicines in their original
containers with the original labels?
Prescription medicines may or may not list
ingredients. The prescription number on
the label will, however, allow rapid
identification by the pharmacist of the
ingredients should they not be listed.
Without the original label and container,
you can't be sure of what you're taking.
After all, aspirin looks a lot like
poisonous roach tablets. |
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| If your vitamins or vitamin/mineral
supplements contain iron, are they in
child-resistant packaging? Most people
think of vitamins and minerals as foods
and, therefore, nontoxic, but a few iron
pills can kill a child. |
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| THE GARAGE OR STORAGE AREA |
Yes |
No |
| Did you know that many things in your
garage or storage area that can be
swallowed are terrible poisons? Death may
occur when people swallow such everyday
substances as charcoal lighter, paint
thinner and remover, antifreeze and
turpentine. |
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| Do all these poisons have
child-resistant caps? |
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| Are they stored in the containers? |
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| Are the original labels on the
containers? |
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| Have you made sure that no poisons are
stored in drinking glasses or pop bottles? |
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| Are all these harmful products locked up
and out of sight and reach?
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When all your answers are "Yes," then
continue this level of poison protection by making
sure that, whenever you buy potentially harmful
products, they have child-resistant closures and
are kept out of sight and reach. Post the number
of the Poison Control Center near your telephone.
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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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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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