JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Paramedics at American Medical Response (AMR) offered trick-or-treating safety tips for Halloween 2025.
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Trick-or-Treat Safety Tips
- Be sure adults stay with the children at all times. Do not let the group split up.
- Decide on a definite route and timetable before leaving your house. Finish your trip before dark. If you group is still trick-or-treating after dark, stay in well-lit areas.
- If, during your outing, you are times in a car, make certain everyone in your vehicle is fully buckled up, no matter how short the drive.
- To help drivers easily see the children, costumes should be brightly-colored and reflect light. To make dark costumes more visible, strike reflective tape across the chest, back and on the shoes.
- Be certain the children can see where they are going. Use make-up on the kids’ face, not masks. Masks are hard to see and breathe through. Avoid hats, helmets, wigs and beards.
- Costumes…