Fireworks Safety
Kentucky State Fire Marshal Rodney Raby encourages Kentuckians to enjoy the Fourth of July but to leave fireworks displays to the professionals for safety’s sake.
Fireworks are an American summertime tradition, especially around Independence Day. Tragically, so are fireworks injuries. Each year, Kentuckians suffer a painful array of fireworks-related burns, cuts, finger and toe amputations, lost hearing or sight - even the potential loss of life.
The Fire Marshal’s Office and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services want to help keep Fourth of July celebrations safe by offering tips on the right and wrong ways to use fireworks.
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Prevent drowning
From 1999 through 2004, 120 children and youth - birth to age 18 - died as a result of drowning in Kentucky. (This number includes preliminary, unpublished data for 2004 and incomplete preliminary data for 2005, according to the state Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.)
The majority of drowning victims (51) were children younger than 4. The rate of drownings dropped off for children ages 4-13 (24), but increased among children 14-18 (44). One-year-old children had the highest incidence of drowning - 20 during the six-year period.
According to the National Safety Council, swimming pools account for 60 percent of all drowning incidents in the United States, and boating is involved in about one-fifth.
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Boating Safety
Whether you're fishing, skiing or just soaking up the sun, Kentucky boating is #1 for fun! State Fish and Wildlife Officers and Kentucky State Troopers are teaming up to increase fun on Kentucky's lakes and rivers by reducing boating accidents. Listen to public service announcements about the Keep it a Safe Summer campaign.
Keep it a Safe Summer
Food Safety
Summertime means picnics, cookouts and other opportunities to enjoy good food in the great outdoors.
But, nothing spoils a good time faster than a food-borne illness.
The Food Safety Branch of the Department for Public Health offers some basic food safety tips to help ensure everyone enjoys a safe, healthy summer.
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