Tag: home safety

Is Your Wallet Ready for the Next Disaster? Here’s Why It Should Be

by Alicia Betancourt
April 29, 2025

When disaster strikes, how quickly you recover often depends on one key factor: your financial preparedness. Natural disasters — like hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and heatwaves — are becoming more common and more destructive, especially ... READ MORE

Category: , Disaster Preparation, Home Management, Money Matters, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Budgeting For Emergencies, Climate Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Cash, Emergency Fund, Emergency Planning, Emergency Savings, Financial Planning, Financial Resilience, Financial Security, Flood Insurance, Home Insurance, Home Safety, Hurricane Readiness, Insurance Tips, Natural Disasters, Personal Finance, Renter’s Insurance, Storm Recovery

Hidden Household Hazards

by Samantha Kennedy
September 10, 2018

Article and audio introduction by Samantha Kennedy, Family and Consumer Sciences According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 30,000 people die each year in the United States due to unintentional injury within the home ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Family And Consumer Sciences, FCS, Home Safety, Household Hazards, Personal Safety, Safety, Wakulla County, Wakulla Extension

Celebrate the 4th of July with Firework Safety

by gwhitworth
July 3, 2018

Tomorrow families will celebrate the 4th of July with friends and families. Many of these celebrations will include fireworks... whether watching as part of a show or performing your own personal one. While they are beautiful and fun, fireworks ... READ MORE

Category: , Home Management, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Family Safety, Home Safety

Keeping children safe from 5 common types of poisons

by gwhitworth
March 9, 2018

In my last safety blog, we looked at knowing what poisons are, how children can come in contact with them, where to find them, limiting exposure to them, and knowing what to do in case a child comes in contact with them. In this blog, we’ll ... READ MORE

Category: , Home Management, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Family Safety, Home Safety

4 keys to keep your family safe from accidental poisonings

by gwhitworth
March 8, 2018

Your child just swallowed some some of the cleaning fluid you accidentally left out. Do you know what to do? Poison Control Centers receive over 2 million calls annually, with the largest number of calls for poison exposures in the home to children ... READ MORE

Category: , Home Management, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Family Safety, Home Safety

Protect Your Family with a Home Safety Check – Burn Prevention

by gwhitworth
February 13, 2018

The first blog on performing a home safety check focused on poison prevention, scald burns, and trips and falls. This second blog will focus on all forms of burns. According to The American Burn Association, the primary causes of burns are ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Relationships & Family
Tags: Burn Prevention, Family Safety, Home Safety

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