Have Your Car Seat Inspected by Boulder Fire-Rescue

Your children are important to you! They’re important to the Boulder Fire-Rescue too, which is why we have a team of car seat technicians. These trained specialists are available to teach parents how to safely install their car seats and ensure their child is as safe as possible while in it. This service is great for new parents, as well as people who just want to ‘double check’ that they are doing everything correctly.

What We Do During an Inspection

  • Check the child safety seat to see that it has been properly installed.
  • Diagnose problems.
  • Ensure the child safety seat is not a recalled model.
  • Advise on how to choose an age, height and weight appropriate child safety seat.
  • Instruct and demonstrate how to install and use the appropriate child safety seat in the vehicle.
  • Instruct and demonstrate how to correctly place a child in the appropriate child safety seat.
  • Discuss other vehicles and child safety seats they own, and provide instructions to repeat the correct procedure with other seats or when installing the seat in other cars.

Schedule a Car Seat Check

By Appointment Only

We offer appointments Monday-Friday at the Boulder County Regional Fire Training Center near Boulder Reservoir.

Please note, it may take up to a week to schedule an appointment. Thank you for your patience.

To schedule an appointment, complete the request form below:

How It Works

  • Each car seat appointment is approximately 25 mins.
  • Bring your car seat, any accessories and attachments that came with it, the car seat installation instructions/manual, your vehicle owner's manual and, if possible, the child who will be using the seat.
  • Please make sure that the seating area (vehicle seat & floorboard) of your car is clear of toys and food so that our technicians have enough space to work and instruct you on the installation of your child restraint(s).
  • We will not work with child safety seats that are expired.
  • Expectant parents should have the child safety seat checked at least one month before the baby is due.
  • Please keep in mind that the firefighters are on-duty and may be called out to respond to a fire or other emergency. Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated.

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