Great Falls Fire Rescue, Cascade City-County Health Department, Benefis Health System and Buckle Up Montana are partnering for Seat Check Saturday on Sept. 14.
The event is 1-4 p.m. at Fire Station 1, 105 9th St. S.
The event includes free car seat installation, information on reduced-cost car seats, car seat inspections by trained child passenger safety technicians and opportunities to get free bike helmets.
Over the last decade, 43 children under the age of ten have died in motor vehicle crashes in Montana, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.
Montana law requires all children under age six and weighing less than 60 pounds to be in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends keeping children in their car seats for as long as possible before moving them to the next type of car seat. Many children are not tall enough to graduate from a booster seat to a lap and shoulder belt alone until they are at least 4’9” tall, which is about eight years or older.
