'Look Before you Lock' Initiative

It's a reminder for parents to make sure to not leave their kids in the car on hot days.

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"*6 mph on incredibly hot days like today the rochester fire department has a message for all drivers to keep kids and families safe.

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from rochester to explain the "look before you lock" initiative.

Jessica.

Live katie ?

"* it's obviously very warm out ?

"* so it's good to gt in the habit of checking your car to make sure no one is inside ?

"* then lock it.

It's simple but an effective way to make sure nobody is being left behind.

According to the national safey council nearly 40 children die on average from heatstroke in a car each year.

The rochester fire department says on a day like today when temperatures are in the mid?

"* ninties it can take less than 10 minutes for a car to heat up 120 or even 130 degrees.

<that's very warm especially for children whose bodies, depending on the size of the child, they heat up three to five times faster than adults because of the low blood volume and the size of their organs.> the department also says people should keep their cars locked even when they're parked at home so kids don't try and play in the vehicle and trap themselves in.

Live in rochester jessica bringe kimt news three.

Thank you jessica.

People may be tempted to leave their kids in the car so they're not exposed to covid?

"*19 however the department says you have to take them with you just make sure they wear a mask ?

"*- unless they are under the age of