Home Safety Resources

Appliances

• Kitchen Safety: 10 Tips for Families With Young Children (Spanish)
• Food Safety
• Testing Well Water
• Lead in Drinking Water
• Find Out If You Have Lead Pipes (Spanish) 

Cleaning Products

• Laundry Room and Detergent Safety (Spanish) 

• Schedule a Free Red Cross Home Fire Safety Visit (Spanish)
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: How to Protect Your Family (Spanish )
• Home Fire Preparedness Checklist (Spanish) 

Magnets and Batteries

• Lithium Coin Batteries: A Home Safety Walkthrough (Spanish) 

Cleaning Supplies, Pesticides, and Poisons

• Poison Prevention  
• Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222  

Guns and Ammunition

• Make Minnesota Safe and Secure – Free Gun Locks (Spanish / Somali)
• Safe Storage of Firearms Video Series
• Talking to Your Children About Guns (Spanish)
• Asking About Secure Gun Storage (Spanish) 

• Medication Safe Storage  
• Quit Partner (Spanish / Somali)
• Cannabis and Pregnancy  
• Free Naloxone  
• Three Ways To Find Naloxone 

• Choking Prevention for Babies & Children (Spanish)
• For Kids’ Sake: Think Toy Safety (Spanish)

Cords and shock prevention

• Electric Shock Injuries in Children (Spanish)

Furniture

• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates (Spanish)

Lead Poisoning

• LeadSafe Minnesota  
• Common Sources of Lead (Spanish / Somali)

Mold

• Mold and Moisture Indoors (Spanish)

Radon

• Radon In Homes  

Recalls

• Recalls & Product Safety Warnings (Spanish)

Pests

• Insects that Infect Homes (Spanish) 

Car

• Child Passenger Safety (Spanish / Somali)
• A Simulation of Rapid and Extreme Car Heating from Direct Sunlight
  
• The Ultimate Car Seat Guide (Spanish)
• Buckle Up MN  

Air Quality

• Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality (Spanish)
• Sources of Indoor Particulate Matter
• Current Air Quality Conditions (Spanish / Somali)
• AirNow Search (Spanish)

Climate

• Climate and Health  

Pests

• Preventing Mosquito borne Disease