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Child Safety Seat Program
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Child Safety Seat Program




PROGRAM CONTACT:

Jose Contreras, Health Programs Coordinator
Child Safety Seat Program
Tel: (760) 482-4917
Email: josecontreras@co.imperial.ca.us




ACITVITIES:

The Imperial County Public Health Department’s Child Safety Seat Program strives to increase child safety seat compliance and reduce the incidence of traffic-related injuries among children in Imperial County.

The Child Safety Seat Program offers no cost car seat inspections by appointment only Monday – Friday (except legal holidays). The car seat inspections are conducted by certified car seat technicians.

People visiting the Public Health Department for a car seat inspection need to bring their child or children and their respective car seat(s) for proper inspection.

As children grow, how they sit in the car, truck, van or SUV should also change.

For maximum child passenger safety, parents and caregivers simply need to remember and follow the 4 Steps for Kids:

  1. Use rear-facing infant seats in the back seat from birth to at least one year of age and at least 20 pounds;


  2. Use forward-facing toddler seats in the back seat from age one and 20 pounds to about 4 and 40 pounds;


  3. Use booster seats in the back seat from about age four (4) to at least age eight (8) – unless the child is 4 ft. 9 inches or taller; and


  4. Use safety belts in the back seat at age eight or older or taller than 4ft. 9 inches. All children age 12 or younger should ride in the back seat.
    5.


    Car seat inspections are also offered in Imperial County on a walk-in basis at the following locations.

    • Calexico Police Department
      420 East Fifth Street
      Calexico, CA 92231
      Tel: (760) 768-2140


    • The Family Treehouse
      200 N. Imperial
      Imperial, CA 92251
      Tel: (760) 355-0175


    For more information regarding the Child Safety Seat Program, please call (760) 482-4917.

    Links:

    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
    Car Seat Information nhtsa

    Safekids.org
    safekids





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