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Greetings!
Spring is a great time for renewing our knowledge about and commitment to Safety and Wellness! There are many health fairs all over the state. Click It--Don't Risk It just attended a big one organized by the Memorial Health Care System (MCHS) at the Fairgrounds in Seward. While we don't know the final attendance numbers yet, in the past at least 1000 people have attended, getting blood tests, having bone density scans, learning about different diseases and many health services available in that area, and not least of all, being reminded to wear a safety belt in the car every trip, every time.
Don't forget the importance of safety belts at your next health fair! Click It was not the only group at the Seward event with safety belt reminders; the rollover vehicle was also there! The rollover vehicle is a great demonstration of what can happen in a rollover crash.
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Congratulations To the Omaha Fire Department!
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"Omaha Fire just completed the 100% Seat Belt Pledge which is a great accomplishment for Omaha with over 600 Firefighters!"
Omaha Fire joins the Beatrice and Ralston departments in 100% pledges to the First Responder Seatbelt Pledge. Read this Everyone Goes Home story about Beatrice, and get more links to pledge information. "It's a proven fact that seat belts save lives, and all firefighters should take care of themselves first, by fastening their seat belt when riding in an emergency vehicle," states Chief Ienn.
Sometimes just the expectation and asking for a commitment is enough to ensure buckling compliance. Firefighters are true to their word so the pledge is important. It's clear that the firefighters in Ralston, Beatrice, and Omaha are concerned about safety on the way to the fire as well as when they get there.
Ask the firefighters in your town to take the pledge to buckle up, so EVERYONE GOES HOME!
For additional information on the International First Responder Seat Belt Pledge:
http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/seatbelts/
or contact Nebraska's State Advocate Chief Kyle Ienn, 402-578-3527 / RVFD101@COX.NET
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Forgotten Victims
| Don't forget that it's not always the driver at fault who is injured or killed in a crash. There may be other victims, regardless of how well they were driving. He or she may have been cautiously proceeding down a perfectly clear road, and still gotten involved in a crash due to the actions of another driver.
Too often, that other driver is a teenager. A new report from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm Insurance Companies ® finds that nearly 30 percent of teen crash victims were not in the teen's car.
The press release for this new report reminds us "that the impact of teen driver crashes extends far beyond teen drivers' families and friends. In 2008, more than half a million (681,000) people were involved in crashes where a teen driver was behind the wheel. More than 40,000 were injured, and nearly 30 percent of those who died in these crashes were not in cars driven by teens. "When most people think about those affected by teen driver crashes, they think of the teens behind the wheel. We must also consider the significant impact of these crashes on other members of our communities: occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, and other road-users," says Dennis Durbin, M.D., M.S.C.E., co-scientific director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at CHOP, and a co-author of the report.
Read the full press release and the report
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The "Click It Chronicle," our Click It Campaign e-letter, published whenever there is news, is available to all those interested in increasing safety belt usage. Please share this information freely. Take the information, copy to friends, businesses and organizations with the same concerns. Using the information provided will help reduce the needless fatalities and injuries on our highways and the associated costs. To subscribe to this e-letter, join the coalition, or be removed from the list, contact the Click It Team at cidri@safenebraska.org.
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