Child Safety Seat Assessment

Technical BulletinLast updated Friday, August 28, 2015
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Properly installed car seats dramatically reduce the number of injuries and deaths among children in the United States. The problem was that the Stallings Volunteer Fire Department strived to provide a car seat installation and inspection service to the community, yet had no formalized plan on how to accomplish this. The purpose of this research was to develop a car seat installation and inspection program for the Stallings Volunteer Fire Department, to help reduce community risk. Action research was utilized to answer the following questions: (a) Are improperly installed car seats or lack of car seat usage contributing to child injury or deaths? (b) What national or state regulations are involved in installing and inspecting car seats? (c) What are other fire departments doing that have a car seat program? (d) What agencies are potential partners in establishing a car seat program? (e) How can the Stallings Volunteer Fire Department monitor success of the car seat program? A literature review, along with a SWOT analysis, questionnaires, interviews, and data analysis contributed to the research findings. Results suggest that improperly installed car seats are still contributing to child injury or death. Analysis of the Stallings Volunteer Fire Department found the inability to currently meet citizen's car seat needs. Several recommendations included: implementing proposed car seat program, training additional personnel to become car seat technicians, secure alternative means of funding, publicize the program, and evaluate the program's success.

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