The Rome-Floyd Fire Department emphasizes the importance of not leaving kids, pets, or anyone in a hot car.
Shasta Farrer, Life and Fire Safety Educator, states that, unfortunately, hot car deaths happen. However, they are preventable!
Georgia is ranked fifth among all 50 U.S. states for number of hot car deaths, based on statistics from 1998 to the present, says Farrer.
Fifty-two percent of hot car deaths occur because an occupant in the backseat is forgotten.
Temperatures can rise to dangerous levels within minutes inside a car, attests Farrer, who urges the public to not leave a child, a pet, the elderly, or anyone alone in a hot car.
High temperatures in Rome are anticipated to soar into the mid to upper 90s over the next few days, according to the National Weather Service. A bit of a cool down is expected over the weekend and into the first part of next week.