Warning: Summer Fun Brings More Emergency Room Visits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - For many Americans, summer means fun in the sun. The kids are out of school, adults are on vacation and it's time for outdoor activities like riding bikes and hosting barbecues. However, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns that summer also is the time of year consumers are most likely to be injured.

More than 3.7 million consumers went to hospital emergency rooms with product-related injuries in June, July and August 2001. During that summer, about 836,000 more consumers suffered product-related injuries than in January, February and March 2001. To avoid becoming a 2002 statistic, CPSC advises everyone to enjoy summer activities with safety in mind. 

 

Fulton County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) is cognizant of the need to educate and prepare individuals to self sustain themselves for up to 72 hours in the case of an act of God or man-made incident.

The Fulton County Fire and Rescue Department is distributing free Family and Friends CPR Anytime kits to the citizens of unincorporated Fulton County.

The burning ban is an important part of the state's plan to improve air quality during smog season, which runs from May 1 through September 30 of each year.