 The Pike County Health Department, Kentucky State Police, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and the Pikeville Fire Department joined forces Friday for child safety. The department hosted a free child safety checkup event at the Pikeville Fire Station 3. Parents were asked to attend and bring their children to make sure their car seats were properly installed. One of the things we've realized in the past is that a lot of people are not properly installing their child safety seats. They're either getting the wrong one or they're not applying them properly. Get them tight enough. You never know if you've got your child angled the right way, if you've got forward facing, rear facing, anything like that. So it's safety. It's all about safety for the kids. Organizers say it's important to have car seats checked even if you think they are installed correctly. They add getting into an accident with your child improperly positioned could be fatal. On sudden deceleration or impact from an accident or collision, there's a lot of energy that's transferred to the seats. Well, the seats and the seat belts are designed to take that. And if improperly installed, the child can actually absorb that energy and cause injury to the child. The Pike County Health Department receives a grant each year through the Kentucky Highway Safety Branch to help parents install car seats properly. If we feel the child's unsafe and the family does not have the resources to get a seat, through grants and the Pike County Health Department, we have seats available that we can provide for families that are in need. If you missed Friday's Child Safety Checkup event, the Pikeville Fire Department checks and installs car seats for free daily. Reporting in Pikeville for EKB News, I'm Shelby Steele.