"Keeping kids safe on the road" is the motto of Englewood's Fire Department "Team Car Seats." The team provides free safety instruction to make sure your child's car seat is properly installed. Firefighters on the team have attended and graduated from a 40-hour car seat technician course, and are available to inspect child safety seats and educate parents/caretakers on proper installation.
9 out of 10 child car seats are not installed correctly.
Foothills Fire & Rescue can check for proper installation of a child car seat every weekday from 8am to 5pm.
Please call our Child Passenger Safety Coordinator, Jeanette Kehoe, at (303) 526-0707 x 1# to schedule an appointment to learn how to properly install your child's car seat.
Westminster firefighters certified as car seat technicians are available to check child safety seats, free of charge, for age- and size- appropriateness, proper installation and use, and whether seats have been recalled or visibly damaged. Please note that due to financial limitations, the Westminster Fire Department is unable to provide free car seats.
SWFD is very proud to announce the addition of nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPS Technicians) to our staff. These CPS Technicians have undergone intensive training in Motor Vehicle Occupant Protection focusing on Child Passenger Safety that provides the necessary requirements to be part of 'Child Passenger Safety Team Colorado'.
The Grayslake Fire Department is committed to protecting the safety of children. It is estimated that over 90% of Americans currently have their child in some sort of safety seat. That is an amazing number but what is even more amazing is that 80% of those car seats are improperly installed.
It's a fact, in Colorado more than 90% of the child safety seats inspected by CPS Team Colorado were improperly installed. Used properly, child safety seats and seat belts prevent injuries and save lives.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children ages 2 to 14, due in large part to the nonuse or improper use of child seats and seat belts. Working with parents and our partners, our goal is to ensure every child is properly secured and safe every trip, every time.
There is a 90% misuse of child passenger safety seats among parents and care providers. This puts infants and children’s lives at needless risk and it is the goal of the Montrose Fire Dept. certified technicians to reduce these risks, so in 2004 the Montrose Fire Dept. started a car seat inspection program.
