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Q.C.C. Police informer
Feb
2010 V2I5
SAFETY TIP OF THE MONTH: Keep your car safe. Be sure to keep laptops, ipods, cell-phones, and other items out of sight when parking your car.
Safety on the Streets:
*Don’t present yourself as a victim. Stand straight, walk purposely, avoid staring at the ground and pay attention to your surroundings.
*Avoid displays of wealth. Try to conceal expensive jewelry by tucking it under your clothing and don’t pull out a roll of cash (or full wallet) when paying for items.
*Be suspicious of anyone walking toward you with only one hand in their pocket. Studies have shown that people tend to have both hands in their pockets or hanging freely at their sides unless they are trying to conceal something, possibly a weapon.
*While choosing to fight an attacker is a personal decision, most self-defense experts would encourage you to give in to an attacker with a weapon. Material possessions can be replaced, but YOU can’t!
WINTER DRIVING SAFETY TIPS
CLEAR OFF ALL SNOW AND ICE
MAKE SURE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING
BE SURE WINSHIELD FLUID IS FILLED: A large vehicle can send snow/dire easily.
ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL: ½ a tank in the winter.
HAVE A SURVIVAL KIT: First aide, candy, blanket, warm clothes, flashlight
HAVE SNOW TOOLS: Shovel, extra wiper blades, windshield snow brush.
WARM UP CAR BEFORE DRIVING: This will allow the oil and engine to warm up.
MAKE SURE YOUR TIRES HAVE ENOUGH TREAD: Bald tires wrong!
AVOID SKIDING BY BEING AWARE OF THE ROAD CONDITIONS
DRIVE SLOW IN THE SNOW
IF SKID FOLLOW SKID
IN A SKID DON’T PANIC, TAKE CONTROL
LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM WHEN DRIVING
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Never forgotten: Binge Drinking Fatalities
Christopher Mirch—Radford University student dies after a house fire. Officials believe his ability to sense smoke and flee the fire was impaired due to his blood-alcohol level of 0.25
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EMERGENCY GUIDE/FIRE
Smoke is the greatest danger in a fire. As you evacuate, or if you are trapped, always stay near the floor where the air is less toxic. STAY LOW!
Familiarize yourself, in advance, with fire extinguisher locations, exits and alarm pull stations.
Activate the closest fire pull station
Get on your knees or belly, stay low-make your way to the nearest marked exit.
Alert others as you exit and Stay back at least 500 feet or more from the building.
(If trapped during a fire):
Shout at regular intervals to alert emergency crews of your location.
Find a window and place an article of clothing outside of it to use as a marker for rescue.
If not window, stay near the floor where the air will be less toxic.
Winter Fire Safety Information ------ Facts
 | Every year since 2001, cooking has been the number one cause of home fires; In 2008, 48 percent of residential fires originated in the kitchen. |
| Open flames and heating fires were numbers two and three. |
| Most heating fires involve fireplaces or chimneys. |
| 73 percent of the 2008 civilian fire deaths occurred where people generally feel safest, at home. |
| In 2007, 26 percent of home fire deaths took place in homes without working smoke detectors |
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THE ADVENTURES OF OFFICER BOB
Thieving Tom and Dopey Dave broke into the home of Lovely Lilly. They dragged her new refrigerator out, banging walls and floors along the way. They then loaded it up in their pickup truck. The truck got stuck in the mud, so they took the refrigerator out and dragged it back into Lovely Lilly’s house. When they got back to their truck they noticed they locked themselves out. They then left it. Before they could make it home, Officer Bob arrived and arrested them.
Parking Appeal Excuse of the Month: “I have a decal to park in that area. I parked right between the cones”
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