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Glossop SNT - Safety Tips for the Summer Holidays. 🌄 Outdoor Safety - Don’t Take BBQs into the countryside/rural spaces
- Take your rubbish away
- Do not chase/frighten livestock
- Make sure your mobile phone is fully charged
- Use the app What 3 Words [The system is highly useful for specific, every day and emergency situations):
- Ensure a parent/carer knows where you have gone.
🏕️ Camping Safety - Do not smoke in tents
- Never use candles in a tent – torches are safer
- Ensure you know how to put out a clothing fire – 'STOP, DROP, ROLL'
- Split your valuables up and hide them around your tent
- Ensure your mobile phone is fully charged.
🏊🏻 Water Safety - Cold water shock can cause muscle cramps and breathing difficulties
- Hidden debris and rocks can cause you to get trapped
- NEVER enter the water to help someone else in difficulty. CALL 999
- If you fall in Remember ‘FLOAT TO LIVE’
(Tilt your head back - Relax - Spread your arms and legs slightly, "like a starfish" – Control your breathing - Move your hands and legs gently) For a clear, practical demonstration www.rnli.org > water safety > float to live 🏛️ Derelict buildings and Building sites are un-safe - Because of rotting timbers/rusty objects and vermin
- Could contain large drops to lower floors
- May contain dangerous or broken machinery
- Could contain toxic/hazardous waste or chemicals
- Could have unsafe electrical outputs.
🚋 Railways - Remember you can’t outrun a train
- There could be an electrified third rail and that’s the biggest danger you can’t see.
- Only use appropriate crossings
- It is Illegal to trespass on a railway line
☀️We hope you enjoy your summer and have safe and amazing holidays ☀️ Please feel free to share this information to family or friends #SummerSafety #MakingDerbyshireSaferTogether | 
