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Child-Proofing Your Home

Essential products to minimize injury risks and maximize your peace of mind

Creating a Safer Home for Your Children

The following products help child-proof your home, helping to minimize the risk of injury to your children and increasing your peace of mind. Each solution addresses specific hazards that young children face in everyday environments.

1

Safety Covers for Electrical Sockets

These are covers for electrical sockets that prevent children from casually sticking items into sockets and endangering themselves. We do not promote the insert types of covers; our preference is for covers that envelop the entire socket. The insert type covers have been proven to be unsafe in the United Kingdom.

Important: While British Standard sockets typically used in Nigeria are designed to be inherently safe with shutters, these shutters can sometimes fail, leaving live contacts accessible to prying little fingers. Further information can be found at fatallyflawed.org.uk
2

Furniture Corner Protectors / Edge Covers

The rubber or foam covers protect children and adults from sustaining serious injuries when they bump, fall on, or clip any body part against the edge of furniture. These essential safety devices cushion sharp corners and edges throughout your home.

3

Door Stoppers / Jammers / Hinge Covers

These prevent children and adults from getting their fingers jammed at either the hinge side or the knob side of the door. Statistics show that children get their fingers jammed more at the hinges than at the knob side of the door, making comprehensive protection essential.

4

Barrier Doors for Kitchens

These prevent children from gaining access to the kitchen where they can be burnt or scalded by hot items, start fires, or hurt themselves with sharp kitchen utensils. Kitchen barriers create a safe boundary for high-risk areas of the home.

5

Cleats / Cord Holders / Cord Wraps

These help prevent strangulation on cords used to control blinds. Sometimes these cords are long and within reach of children who may unwittingly wrap the cords around their necks and strangle themselves. Proper cord management is a critical safety measure.

6

Child Resistant Locks

Child resistant locks for ovens, cupboards, drawers, and front loading washing machines help prevent finger jams, access to poisonous or dangerous items, entrapment, and fire hazards. These versatile safety devices secure multiple potential danger zones throughout your home.

7

Smoke Alarms

These help trigger quick responses to budding fires that can easily escalate and cause serious dangers to life and limbs. Early detection is crucial in fire safety, providing precious time for evacuation and fire suppression.

8

Safety Film for Glass Doors / Furniture

Safety films help prevent the splintering of glass when it shatters or is run into by a child, or even an adult. This reduces injuries in the immediate and near future from glass splinters that were not cleaned up properly, providing an invisible shield of protection.

9
FIRE

Fire Blankets and Extinguishers

These help prevent a fire incident from escalating while it is safe to do so. Having the right firefighting equipment readily available can make the difference between a minor incident and a devastating fire.

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