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Summer First-Aid Kit Essentials | Check List & Buyers Guide
Warmer weather is upon us. Memorial Day will be here soon, and school will be out before we know it. Families are planning vacations to the seaside, mountain vistas, outdoor adventures, tropical...
CPR and First Aid: Life-Saving Skills for Foster Parents
Georgia and South Carolina State law requires all foster parents to be trained in CPR and First Aid as part of the process to become a foster parent. A Cleveland Clinic study shows that only 54% of...
What Fire Safety Equipment Should I Have in My Home?
There are many ways to prevent fires in our homes and ways to prevent them from spreading if they do happen. Fire Safety knowledge and equipment is very important to protect your family from a fire....
Kitchen Fire Safety Tools and Best Practices
Cooking is the number one cause of fires. No matter if you are at home or at your workplace. It also is one of the leading causes of burns. So practicing good Fire Safety inside the kitchen is...
Ways for Child Care & Elder Care Facilities to Receive Tornado Weather Alerts
If you work in a childcare or eldercare facility, you are always moving around. This makes it really hard to stay on top of important weather alerts like tornado watches or warnings. However, since...
Why Should Churches Consider CPR Training for Staff Members and Volunteers?
CPR is a lifesaving skill to have and with many people coming in and out of the doors of your church, knowing how to care for them physically, in addition to spiritually, is very important. And if...
The Many Faces of Dementia
When you hear the words dementia or Alzheimer’s, a certain image may come to mind. For many people, the cliche is that it is someone who has “lost time” and is living in a time period other than the...
What We Can Learn from Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest
In a recent NFL Monday Night football game between the Bills and Bengals, an unfortunate incident happened where Damar Hamlin, a defensive back for the Bills, went into cardiac arrest after making a...
New Fire Safety System – What Do Managers Need to Know!
Are you a manager who's responsible for coordinating fire safety training in your workplace? If so, then it's important that you know about the new fire safety system that was introduced by the...
What is Fire Prevention Month?
Fire Prevention Month started as Fire Prevention Week in 1925 when President Calvin Coolidge signed the Presidential proclamation making it a National Observance. As a nation, we acknowledge Fire...
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