Halloween Safety Tips

Tips for choosing the right costumes:

§         Purchase costumes made of flame retardant material (Check the label).

§         Keep hemlines short enough to prevent tripping and avoid loose, baggy sleeves, or billowing skirts.

§         To be seen easily, costumes should be made of a light color material.

§         Use glow in the dark reflective tape on your costume.

§         Use make-up rather than masks which could obstruct vision.

Tips for Halloween night:

§  Use battery powered lights - never use candles to light jack-o’-lanterns.

§  Instruct children to stay away from open flames.

§  Remove objects from the yard that present a hazard to children (garden tools, hoses, etc.).

§  Be extremely careful with cornstalks and other harvest season items. Keep them away from sources of heat. Don’t let them block doorways or stairs.

§  Do not allow children to carry sharp sticks or other objects that could cause injury to others.

§  If you are driving on Halloween, take care…watch out for trick-or-treaters who will be too busy to watch out for you.

§         Closely inspect all candy before allowing children to eat it. Discard any unwrapped treats from a stranger.  If in doubt, throw it out.

§         Tell children to stay away from open flames. Be sure they know how to stop, drop and roll if their clothing catches fire. (Have them practice, stopping immediately, dropping to the ground, covering their face with hands, and rolling over and over to put the flames out.)

 For more information on Halloween safety please visit the NFPA’s website at www.NFPA.org