Join Us on July 31 st for a Day of Social Media Conversation Help Us Save Kids From Heatstroke
Join Us on July 31 st for a Day of Social Media Conversation
Help Us Save Kids From Heatstroke
As we approach rising summer temperatures, the danger for kids left in hot vehicles increases exponentially: at least 13 children have already died this year from vehicular heatstroke.
Heatstroke is the leading cause of non-crash vehicle fatalities for children 14 and under. Nearly every 10 days, a child dies from being left in a hot vehicle. More than half (52%) of kids who died from vehicular heatstroke were “forgotten” by their caregiver. This is a 100-percent preventable tragedy.
NHTSA is asking you to help us raise awareness about the dangers of kids and cars through a concerted day-long social media conversation. We’re asking our State and safety partners to tweet and post on Facebook every 30 minutes on July 31st from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. @NHTSAgov will be using the hash tags #checkforbaby and #heatstrokekills on all its social media posts, and we’d like you to do the same.
Address/Location
Eustis Police Department
51 East Norton Avenue
Eustis, FL 32726
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 352-357-4121