Car Seat Program

Fayetteville Fire & EMS has been actively involved in Child Passenger Safety since 2006 and currently maintains a staff of 7 certified technicians who inspect child seats every year. Technicians attend a thirty-two hour course to obtain their initial certification and must renew it every two years which includes obtaining six hours of Continuing Education as well as having an instructor verify their competence.
This program is funded by the Fayetteville Firemen’s Association which supports this program with a generous donation annually. Monies from the association allow for the purchase of seats, technician certification and recertification fees, and other related supplies. Additionally, the department received a New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Council grant in 2007 which allowed for the purchase of a trailer as well as most of the initial program supplies.
Our program is mobile and we would love the opportunity to come to your event and inspect seats wherever you might. Should you be interested, please call the firehouse at (315) 637-6101. Thank you.


Fayetteville Fire & EMS Child Passenger Safety Program Facts:

Seats Inspected to date (2014)

• 283 total seats inspected
  • 61 installed correctly upon arrival (22%)
  • 59 installed incorrectly upon arrival (21%)
  • 158 arrived uninstalled and were correctly installed by our technicians (56%)
  • 10 new seats were issued

Seats Inspected to date (2013)

• 253 total seats inspected
  • 58 installed correctly upon arrival (23%)
  • 71 installed incorrectly upon arrival (28%)
  • 123 arrived uninstalled and were correctly installed by our technicians (49%)
  • 1 new seats were issued

Seats Inspected to date (2012)

• 228 total seats inspected
  • 44 installed correctly upon arrival (19%)
  • 78 installed incorrectly upon arrival (34%)
  • 97 arrived uninstalled and were correctly installed by our technicians (42%)
  • 9 new seats were issued

Seats Inspected to date (2011)

• 117 total seats inspected
  • 25 installed correctly upon arrival (21%)
  • 43 installed incorrectly upon arrival (37%)
  • 49 arrived uninstalled and were correctly installed by our technicians (42%)
  • 7 new seats were issued

Seats Inspected (2010):

• 79 total seats inspected
  • 12 installed correctly upon arrival (15%)
  • 34 installed incorrectly upon arrival (43%)
  • 32 arrived uninstalled and were correctly installed by our staff (41%)
  • 2 new seats were issued to the public due to defects or recalls in the seats they brought in

Seats Inspected (2009)

• 92 total seats inspected
  • 14 installed correctly upon arrival (15%)
  • 21 installed incorrectly upon arrival (23%)
  • 57 arrived uninstalled and were correctly installed by our staff (62%)
  • 7 new seats were issued to the public due to defects or recalls in the seats they brought in

Additionally, we inspected 100 seats in 2008, 107 in 2007 and 54 in 2006 for a total of 549 seats since the beginning of the program.