Halloween Tips
Tips for Halloween Trick-or-Treating
Your area fire departments are encouraging the public to be especially careful during Halloween. To help, we offer the following tips:
For drivers:
Slow down in residential areas.
Obey all traffic signs and signals.
Enter and exit driveways and alleys slowly.
For children and teens:
Travel only in familiar areas.
Pin a piece of paper with a name, address and telephone number on younger children's clothes.
Take treats home to be inspected before eating. (Be extra careful with fruit, inspecting the surface for punctures.)
Never enter a home or apartment building without an adult.
For everyone:
Remove tools, ladders, toys and other breakable items from your steps, lawn and porch.
Keep jack-o'-lanterns with candles away from areas where a costume may brush against the flame.
Look for costumes with flame-resistant labels.
Use flashlights during trick-or-treat walks.