WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND A CHILD OR PET LOCKED IN A HOT CAR
A Word From PAL Saves Kids
As the summer continues, so does the heat. Kentucky summers can make stepping outside nearly unbearable some days, but in a locked car, it’s probably a good 20 degrees hotter than the outside temp — and that’s when the summer heat becomes deadly. Every year, around 38 kids and countless pets die after being left in a locked car on a hot summer day. It’s a tragic occurrence, but the good news is that Pop-A-Lock can prevent it from happening through our PAL Saves Kids program. Since 1991, we’ve saved thousands of kids from locked cars during the summer, free of charge. However, you can take important steps to keep endangered children safe before we arrive. REMAIN CALM Before you do anything, remind yourself to stay calm. If you panic, it could affect your sound judgment as well as cause the child, if they’re lucid, to panic as well. In short, you won’t help anyone if you panic. CALL 911 If you come across a child or a pet locked in a hot car, the first thing you should always do is call emergency services. You don’t know how long they’ve been in the car, so you need someone on the scene as quickly as possible.
CALL US As quickly as the police normally arrive anywhere, sometimes our Pop-A-Lock Car Door Unlocking Techs arrive even before they do. We’ll drop whatever we’re doing to help get a child out of a locked car. NOTE THE TIME Whenever the police or the fire department arrive, they might ask you how long the child or pet has been in the car. You might not know exactly how long they were in the car before you found them, but noting the time you found them will allow you to give them some idea of the time. BLOCK SUNLIGHT If you have any towels or blankets in your car, use them to cover the windows of the car until emergency services arrive to offer the child or pet some sort of protection from the sun. It’s not a solution itself, but it’s a little thing you can do to offer them some relief.
Finding a child locked in a car can be scary, but don’t worry. With your help, the experts can get there in time to save their life.
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THIS MONTH’S EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
JIMMIE CHILDERS
If you’ve called us before, you probably understand that unlocking a door without a key is a job for a professional, and it takes patience. Luckily, we have locksmiths like Jimmie Childers, whose patience enables them to unlock home and car doors when you’re locked out. Jimmie has been working at Pop-A- Lock for the past nine months, and his previous experience working for Triple A has ensured that he’s a perfect fit on the Pop-A-Lock team. We’re glad that he saw our job posting and was looking for a change of pace in his work. In his spare time, Jimmie goes fishing whenever he can, especially during the summer. In every season, though, he loves riding his motorcycle with his wife. Whether through the streets of Louisville or the surrounding countryside, Jimmie just can’t get enough of the peace that comes from the open road!
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