National Window Safety Week is April 3-9, 2016 and Sentry Window Guards wants to remind everyone how important it is to have safe windows!
Why is Window Safety Week Important?
Window Safety Week happens at the start of each spring when folks are eager to open the windows in their homes to enjoy fresh air. The Window Safety Task Force states that its “goal is two-fold:
1. For families to understand the role of windows in escaping a fire or other emergency and
2. to learn to safeguard against accidental window falls.”
We hope that you will take 5 minutes to watch this video in an effort to prevent your child from falling out of a window.
Windows Can be a Lifeline in an Emergency Situation
Windows, as emergency escape routes, are the reason that many lives have been saved. How prepared is your family to to escape the potential of a fire emergency? There won’t be time to figure it all out when the disaster strikes. We hope that you will consider developing and testing an escape plan this week and practice it with your family at least twice a year.
The Window Safety Task Force suggests these items be a part of your emergency plan:
- Make sure windows are not nailed or painted shut
- Do not install air conditioners in windows that may be needed for escape
- Make sure at least one window in each bedroom meets escape and rescue requirements
- Window guards, security bars, grilles or grates render windows useless in an emergency unless they have a release mechanism; update them if necessary
- Develop an emergency escape plan and practice it during the day and at night
- Keep emergency escape ladders in second- or third-story bedrooms and teach everyone in the home how to use them
For more tips, visit the National Safety Council’s website and remember in New York, by law anyone with children 10 years or under must have window guards on their windows. Read more here or give us a call with any questions you may have.
Formed in 1997, the Window Safety Task Force works year-round in conjunction with NSC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Safe Kids Worldwide, the International Code Council and other safety advocates to promote window safety awareness.
