Child Safety Seats
Your Eureka Firefighters want you to learn about protecting kids from injury in crashes. The Eureka Fire Protection District is proud to be a child safety seat inspection station. We urge our residents to contact us at 636-938-5505 to set up an appointment.
Did you know that Missouri's new booster seat law went into effect August 28, 2006? It requires children who have outgrown a child safety seat to be secured in a booster seat while traveling in a motor vehicle. Children are required to ride in a booster seat until they reach 8 years old or 80 pounds or 57 inches tall. The fine for violating this law is $50.00 plus court costs.
More than 81 percent of child restraints are used incorrectly, including 88 percent of forward-facing toddler seats, 86 percent of rear-facing infant seats and 85 percent of safety belts, as determined at child passenger safety seat inspection stations across the country. (Child Passengers at Risk in America: A National Study of Restraint Use, National SAFE KIDS Campaign, 2002)
- The three most common mistakes in installing a child safety seat are:
- Not attaching the seat tightly to the car or truck
- Not fastening the harness tightly enough
- Not using the chest clip or using it incorrectly.
- Several excellent sites to visit:
- Boosterseat.gov - Child Passenger Safety Week
- Buckle Up America
- NHTSA Child Passenger Safety
- Recalled Safety Seat Search
- Find an Inspection Station
