5 tips to protect children from falling from balconies

The General Command of Abu Dhabi Police and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Authority called on families, as part of their awareness campaign, “Our Winter is Safe and Enjoyable,” to the necessity of enhancing the safety of children and protecting them from falling accidents from balconies in buildings or residential buildings, with constant care to close them and pay attention to monitoring them when approaching windows, and keeping them away from… Furniture or anything that might enable a child to climb balcony walls.

It identified five necessary guidelines to prevent incidents of children falling from balconies, the first of which is not to leave the child alone in the house or balcony, and to ensure that an acrylic barrier is installed on the balcony (after obtaining a permit from the competent authorities), while always ensuring that the balcony door is closed and not opened except when The need, and care to place appropriate safety locks on windows and balcony doors, and to ensure that there is no furniture near windows or balconies, and stressed that the safety of children in homes is the responsibility of parents, to protect them from painful accidents that cause The loss of the lives of many young people, due to a moment of inattention or negligence in taking what would protect the souls of our loved ones.