FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS


www.avondaleaz.gov/fire


BASIC SAFETY TIPS `Turn Around, Don’t Drown! ® `Avoid walking or driving through flood waters.


`Just 6 inches of moving water can knock you down, and 2 feet of water can sweep your vehicle away.


`If there is a chance of flash flooding, move immediately to higher ground. Flash floods are the #1 cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S.


`If floodwaters rise around your car but the water is not moving, abandon the car and move to higher ground. Do not leave the car and enter moving water.


`Avoid camping or parking along streams, rivers, and creeks during heavy rainfall. These areas can flood quickly and with little warning.


`When it’s not flooding, make a flood plan!


KNOW YOUR FLOOD RISK `Make a flood emergency plan.


`Build or restock your emergency preparedness kit, including a flashlight, batteries, cash, and first aid supplies.


`Consider buying flood insurance.


`Familiarize yourself with local emergency plans. Know where to go and how to get there should you need to get to higher ground, the highest level of a building, or to evacuate.


`Stay tuned to your phone alerts, TV, or radio for weather updates, emergency instructions, or evacuation orders.


BASIC CAR SEAT SAFETY Don’t put your child at risk – buckle up the right way on every ride!


✓ All children must use a car seat, booster seat or seat belt.


✓ My child always rides in a back seat and never in front of an airbag.


✓ Everyone in my car buckles up on every ride using the right car seat, booster seat or seat belt for each person’s age and size.


✓ My child’s car seat has all of its parts, labels and instructions and has never been in a crash.


✓ I follow the instructions for my car and my car seat so that my child is buckled in right.


✓ I never leave my child alone in a car.


Avondale Fire & Medical offers free car seat checks on Wednesday afternoons by appointment only.


Please visit www.avondaleaz.gov/fire or call (623) 333-6112 for event details and to make an appointment for a car seat check.


14 • RAVE January - April 2019


HANDS-ONLY CPR: ` Call 9-1-1 ` Push hard and fast in the center of the chest and keep doing compressions until help arrives.


Please visit www.avondaleaz.gov/fire or call (623) 333-6112 for details.


CPR TRAINING


Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training will soon be a requirement for high school graduation for all public and charter schools. With training, students will have the tools and confidence to start CPR in an emergency.


Avondale Fire & Medical Department will be providing certified Hands-Only CPR lifesaving training to high school students in Avondale.


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