• Carry an insect sting kit, if you have a known allergy. To decrease the risk of insect bites avoid wearing perfumes and clothes with floral patterns.

• To help prevent food poisoning, keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot. Don't store perishable foods in a hot car.
• Keep kids away from grills and lighter fluid.
• Keep grills away from anything that can burn.
• Be aware of tiny deer ticks that carry Lyme disease. When in a potentially infested area, apply insect repellant that contains deet, wear light-colored, long sleeved-shirts, pants and socks, and know which symptoms to watch out for.
• Learn to identify poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. Wash the contact area with soap and water as soon as possible.
• Do not build a fire near tree trunks, fallen trees or overhanging braches.
• When extinguishing a campfire, let it die dow, then break up the coals or logs, spread the pieces, soak them, and then cover the area with dirt or sand.