‘Deadliest Day’ for Child Pedestrian Fatalities
STATE FARM News:
Two Decades of Data Reveal Risks Beyond the Candy
Kids have a greater chance of being fatally injured by a car on Halloween than any other day of the year, including the Fourth of July and New Year’s Day.
State Farm®, the nation’s leading auto insurer, teamed up with research expert, Bert Sperling of Sperling’s BestPlaces, to better understand the risk kids face as they take to the streets in search of treats.
Sperling’s BestPlaces analyzed more than four million records in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) from 1990 – 2010 for children 0-18 years of age on Oct. Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Oct. 18 to Oct. 24, 2012
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Oct. 18 at 1:04 a.m. / A 31-year-old Fort Hancock, Texas man reported that he was battered in the 2400 block of Trinity Drive.
HERMAN NANEZ
Oct. 18 at 1:16 a.m. / Police arrested Herman Nanez, 46, of Amarillo, Texas in the 2400 block of Trinity Drive and charged him with battery and for an outstanding warrant.
Oct. 18 at 1:23 p.m. / A 51-year-old El Paso woman reported that she was the victim of Read More
Local Vehicle Rolls Off Cliff
An unoccupied Toyota Sequoia rolled off a cliff from the driveway of a home on Solana in Los Alamos at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. No one was injured by the incident. It took the driver of a wrecker about two hours to position the vehicle for removal. “Amazingly, the car was driven away from the scene,” a witness told the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Nina Thayer
Photo by Nina Thayer Read More
YMCA Offering CPR and Babysitters Training
FAMILY YMCA News:
Red Cross Babysitters Course
The Family YMCA is taking registration for the Nov. 16 and 17 session of its American Red Cross Babysitters Course.
The course is designed by the American Red Cross to prepare youth with training in babysitter safety, basic child care, safe play, first aid and critical emergency skills, essential professional, leadership and care-giving skills, and how to manage real-life problems.
The session takes place 4-8:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and 1-5:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
Participants must be aged 11 through 17 and complete both days of the session in which they register Read More
NNSA Conducts International Training in Nevada
NNSA News:
LAS VEGAS – As part of a joint commitment by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enhance international emergency management systems, the NNSA and IAEA are conducting an International Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response Port/Customs (I-RAPTER P/C) course.
The training is being conducted this week at the Radiological Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex (RNCTEC) at the Nevada National Security Site, with classroom training held at the National Atomic Testing Read More
