Follow these easy tips to keep you family safe and happy during the Halloween season.

• Trick-or-treat early, while it is still daylight.
• Have a partner or older child accompany youngsters. Stay in your own neighborhood.
• Don’t cross the street when going house to house. Cross the street only at corners.
• Parents should inspect all food given to children.
• Throw away candy and food not commercially wrapped, or if wrapper appears to have been tampered with.
• If food appears tampered with, contact the police.

Costumes should:

1. Keep children warm and dry, in case the weather turns bad;
2. Be short enough to avoid tripping while going up or down stairs;
3. Include reflective tape if they are a dark color or if worn after sundown
4. Masks should have large eye holes, allowing full vision, to prevent falls and other injuries.

• When lighting pumpkins, use flashlights, not candles.

For a printable version of these tips - click here (PDF).