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8 Steps to Prevent Vehicular Heatstroke

On hot days, the temperature inside your car can reach deadly levels in just 10 minutes.

In 2017, 42 children died of vehicular heatstroke. Heatstroke begins when the core body temperature reaches about 104 degrees. A core body temperature of about 107 degrees is lethal.

When left in a hot car, a child's temperature can rise quickly. A child's body temperature rises three to five times faster than an adult's.

Help prevent vehicular heatstroke with these eight steps from the

Learn more extreme heat preparedness at www.ready.gov/heat. If you would like to help spread the word about extreme heat safety, you can visit the Extreme Heat Social Media Toolkit for resources. Download the FEMA App for heat advisories and safety tips.

Enjoy Fireworks Safely

The Fourth of July means barbecues and fireworks. It may seem like harmless fun, but fireworks are explosives. Only professionals should handle them.

On average, 280 people go to the emergency room every day with fireworks-related injuries in the month around the July 4th holiday. Follow these tips to prevent injury from fireworks:

• Leave the lighting to the professionals. Attend fireworks displays.
• Do not try to re-light or pick up fireworks that have not fully ignited.
• Keep sparklers away from children. They can burn at temperatures about 2,000 degrees. That is hot enough to melt some metals.

For more information on firework safety, check out the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Fireworks page.

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Robert Riechel

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