Police and Fire Departments Hosting Child Safety Seat Event

he Wheaton Fire and Police Departments will be hosting a Child Safety Seat Event at the Wheaton Fire Department, 1 Fapp Circle, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22.

Certified technicians will inspect your child seat and show you how to correctly install it at no charge.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 80 percent of parents in the United States are incorrectly using their child safety seats.

This event will include free child safety seat installations by certified child passenger safety technicians as well as free educational materials and guidance on child safety seats.

Families that are interested should bring their child safety seat(s), their child/children, and the vehicle into which the child safety seat will be installed.