Eight Tips for Window Safety Week

As spring arrives, Savannah Blinds, Shutters & Shades joins the Window Safety Task Force and the National Safety Council in encouraging parents and caregivers to recognize the importance of practicing window safety not only during National Window Safety Week, but year-round. Window Safety Week is observed during the first full week of April each year (April 5-11, 2026). However, open windows can be dangerous any time of year for young children who are not properly supervised.

Falls from a window can result in serious injury or death and pose an especially dangerous threat for children. Every year, about eight children under age five die from falling out a window, and more than 3,300 are injured seriously enough to go to the hospital.*

“It only takes seconds for a preventable window fall to occur,” said Nikki Petitt, CEO of Savannah Blinds. “To avoid these needless tragedies, it is very important for parents and caregivers to take steps to prevent home falls.”

To protect children, the Window Safety Task Force offers the following tips:

1. When young children are around, keep windows closed and locked.

2. When opening a window for ventilation, use those located out of a child’s reach.

3. Avoid placing furniture near windows to prevent young children from climbing and gaining access to an open window.

4. Don’t allow children to jump on beds or other furniture to help reduce potential falls.

5. Don’t rely on insect screens to prevent a window fall. Insect screens are designed to keep bugs out, not to keep children in the home.

6. Supervise children to keep child’s play away from windows, balconies or patio doors.

7. Install ASTM F2090 compliant devices designed to limit how far a window will open or window guards (with quick-release mechanisms in case of fire or other emergency) to help prevent a fall.

8. Teach your child how to safely use a window to escape during an emergency, such as a fire.

Visit www.nsc.org/windowsafetytaskforce, as well as the window safety sections of the FGIA and WDMA websites to learn more.

* According to Safe Kids Worldwide’s 2015 Report to the Nation: Protecting Children in Your Home https://www.safekids.org/research-report/report-nation-protecting-children-your-home-february-2015