Comments on: Window Guards in New York City http://www.achildgrows.com/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/ The home for Brooklyn parents Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Frederick Ilarraza http://www.achildgrows.com/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1/#comment-49728 Frederick Ilarraza Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:56:12 +0000 http://test.hudatoriq.web.id/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/#comment-49728 Its worth noting here that NYC approved window guards as mentioned above are ILLEGAL to install outside of NYC. Quite literally you can go to jail for installing a NYC approved window guard in other cities. The reason being, a reasonable person would know that by installing the NYC guard you've blocked a means of egress in case of a fire. Installing these window guards on every window, as is required compounds that fire hazard. We and several other organizations have been working for years to get NYC to amend its window guard law to require guards that can be removed in case of emergency. If you're not required by law to have a NYC window guard we recommend using a removable one. You can search for them online or contact us for pricing and installation for any type of guard. Normally we recommend Guardian Angel window guards which I think are linked above. They make a great product that goes in front of the window rather than outside. In this way it protects the child from the window as well as the window from the child. If your son is like mine you know how valuable that is. They are made of a much nicer finish than the NYC guards as they're intended to be inside your home. Another option entirely is to use window stops. These are devices that prevent your window from being opened more than four inches (you don't get more airflow with a window wide open than you do with it cracked four inches). Many of these are also removable in case of emergency and newer window frequently have this feature built in. Its worth noting here that NYC approved window guards as mentioned above are ILLEGAL to install outside of NYC. Quite literally you can go to jail for installing a NYC approved window guard in other cities. The reason being, a reasonable person would know that by installing the NYC guard you’ve blocked a means of egress in case of a fire. Installing these window guards on every window, as is required compounds that fire hazard. We and several other organizations have been working for years to get NYC to amend its window guard law to require guards that can be removed in case of emergency. If you’re not required by law to have a NYC window guard we recommend using a removable one. You can search for them online or contact us for pricing and installation for any type of guard.

Normally we recommend Guardian Angel window guards which I think are linked above. They make a great product that goes in front of the window rather than outside. In this way it protects the child from the window as well as the window from the child. If your son is like mine you know how valuable that is. They are made of a much nicer finish than the NYC guards as they’re intended to be inside your home.

Another option entirely is to use window stops. These are devices that prevent your window from being opened more than four inches (you don’t get more airflow with a window wide open than you do with it cracked four inches). Many of these are also removable in case of emergency and newer window frequently have this feature built in.

]]> By: Duane http://www.achildgrows.com/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1/#comment-36997 Duane Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:19:08 +0000 http://test.hudatoriq.web.id/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/#comment-36997 Window Guards: They Save Lives. They're the Law. Window Guards (sometimes referred to as child guards) They Save Lives. They're the Law. Every year, many children fall out of windows in New York City. Some die. Others are badly hurt. Even falling from a first-floor window can kill a child! It can happen fast, to any child, even yours. Window Guards can keep children from falling out of windows. Window guards must by law be installed on your windows... If you live in a building that has three or more apartments and a child 10 and under lives in your apartment. Even if you live on the first floor, you must have window guards if a child 10 and under lives with you. Every window in the apartment must have a window guard except windows leading to fire escapes. In buildings with fire escapes , window guard must be left off one window in each ground-floor apartment so that the window can be used as and emergency exit. All public hallway windows must have window guards, too. This Company: www.BrooklynSecurityWindowGates.com has been installing child window guards in New York City since 1983 The Brooklyn Security Window Gates Company could be reached at 718-755-3034 Window guards must by law be installed on your windows... Children If a child 10 and under lives in your apartment, the law says: •You must tell the landlord that children 10 and under live in your apartment. • You must let the landlord come in to install window guards. •You must not take down window guards once they are in. • You must not make changes to window guards. • You must not remove any part of a window guard. Window Guards: They Save Lives. They’re the Law.
Window Guards (sometimes referred to as child guards) They Save Lives. They’re the Law.
Every year, many children fall out of windows in New York City. Some die. Others are badly hurt. Even
falling from a first-floor window can kill a child! It can happen fast, to any child, even yours. Window Guards
can keep children from falling out of windows.
Window guards must by law be installed on your windows…
If you live in a building that has three or more apartments and a child 10 and under
lives in your apartment. Even if you live on the first floor, you must have window guards
if a child 10 and under lives with you. Every window in the apartment must have a window
guard except windows leading to fire escapes. In buildings with fire escapes , window guard
must be left off one window in each ground-floor apartment so that the window can be used
as and emergency exit. All public hallway windows must have window guards, too.
This Company:
http://www.BrooklynSecurityWindowGates.com
has been installing child window guards in New York City since 1983
The Brooklyn Security Window Gates Company could be reached at 718-755-3034

Window guards must by law be installed on your windows…
Children If a child 10 and under lives in your apartment, the law says:
•You must tell the landlord that children 10 and under live in your apartment.

• You must let the landlord come in to install window guards.

•You must not take down window guards once they are in.

• You must not make changes to window guards.

• You must not remove any part of a window guard.

]]> By: Karen http://www.achildgrows.com/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1/#comment-28888 Karen Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:25:42 +0000 http://test.hudatoriq.web.id/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/#comment-28888 This is where you can buy them: http://www.angelguards.com This is where you can buy them:
http://www.angelguards.com

]]> By: sally http://www.achildgrows.com/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1/#comment-28859 sally Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:37:03 +0000 http://test.hudatoriq.web.id/2008/09/08/window-guards-in-new-york-city/#comment-28859 we need angel guards in chicago. Could you give us some priceing for each size. thanks we need angel guards in chicago. Could you give us some priceing for each size. thanks

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