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Halloween safety tips: Stay safe this year

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It’s a busy time of year for emergency services around the world, and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service have given their best Halloween safety tips this year.

This Halloween you may be celebrating in a different way but it’s still important to stay safe. Follow our simple Halloween safety tips to keep your little pumpkins safe.

  • Follow social distancing guidelines and remember, ‘hands, face, space’.
  • Keep all fancy dress costumes away from naked flames
  • Use LED candles in pumpkins – they don’t blow out and they are much safer
  • Check the labels on any fancy dress outfits you buy for fire resistance and a registered trademark
  • Remember, cheaper products are more likely to be counterfeit and could burn quickly if they caught fire
  • Burns and scalds last a lifetime. Remember if clothing does catch fire, stop, drop and roll until the fire is out
  • In an emergency cool any burns with large amounts of water and get urgent medical assistance
  • Follow social distancing guidelines and remember, ‘hands, face, space’.
  • Keep all fancy dress costumes away from naked flames
  • Use LED candles in pumpkins – they don’t blow out and they are much safer
  • Check the labels on any fancy dress outfits you buy for fire resistance and a registered trademark
  • Remember, cheaper products are more likely to be counterfeit and could burn quickly if they caught fire
  • Burns and scalds last a lifetime. Remember if clothing does catch fire, stop, drop and roll until the fire is out
  • In an emergency cool any burns with large amounts of water and get urgent medical assistance
Credit: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Credit: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

Alternatives to trick or treating

This Halloween may be different but it doesn’t mean you can’t still have some family fun. Here are just a few ideas: 

  • Cook up some creepy treats
  • Pumpkin picking and carving
  • Decorate the house 
  • Halloween charades
  • Halloween scavenger hunt
  • Arts and crafts
Credit: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
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