Category Archive for : ‘Summer Safety’

With cases of mosquito-bourne illnesses on the rise in our Southeastern Massachusetts communities we would like to take a moment to remind our reader to take extra precautions while enjoying these last days of summer into the fall. Along with limiting time outside, following these tips will help minimize your family’s risk:

If you must be outdoors when mosquitoes are active, wear a long-sleeved shirt and long pants. Take special care to cover up the arms and legs of children playing outdoors.
Fix any holes in your screens, and make sure they

Every year FBinsure shuts all of their offices down for one day in July.  This is not for inventory or auditing purposes or to save money.  The ownership team closes down on the last Friday in July in order to celebrate their employees and for all of us to spend one work day together having fun.  This Friday, July 27th is that day.  All offices will be closed for the day.

Summer is indeed a fun time where you can spend warm days on the beach, camping, doing water sports, attending

Heat and humidity can cause several different types of heat-related illnesses such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Knowing the signs and symptoms of each type of heat-related illness will help to keep you safe on the job. Normally, the body has ways of keeping itself cool by allowing heat to escape through the skin and evaporating sweat (perspiration).

If the body does not cool down properly or does not cool down enough, a person may suffer a heat-related illness. Anyone is susceptible to a heat-related illness, but the

Summer is here and the temperatures have already hit some high numbers.  Summer comes with the idea of many fun activities like boating, grilling, swimming, camping, driving and other things that we look forward to during the many cold winter months.  In our eagerness to follow through with the many plans that we have made and paid for, we sometimes sacrifice health and safety for fun.  Whatever the reasons may be the end result could be one of the most serious injuries of summer: Heat Stroke.

Heat Stroke happens