Car Seat Inspections
Do you have questions or need help installing your child's safety seat? Your Fire Department can assist you.
Car seat inspections are now offered by appointment. Together with volunteer Child Passenger Safety Technicians, the downtown Corvallis Fire Department will again host car seat check-up clinics. Call 541-766-6961 to schedule your appointment.
Trained technicians will check your child’s seat for
- Correct installation
- Recalls and damage
- Best fit for weight, height and age
Please bring these to your appointment and allow 30 - 60 minutes for each seat checked
- Your child
- Your car seat and manual
- Your vehicle manual
The Benton County Car Seat Program thanks the Oregon Department of Transportation for helping to make it possible to provide low cost seats for children enrolled in the Women, Infant’s and Children’s (WIC) program. Contact your WIC representative for more information.
Car seat distribution program guidelines:
- One seat per child
- Seats are distributed only during scheduled seat check appointments
- The child receiving the seat must be present; seats are not distributed for unborn babies.
- Properly fitting seats will be distributed; the program cannot provide infant only seats. Convertible car seats are well suited for small babies throughout the toddler and preschool years.
- The vehicle in which the child travels must be brought to the seat check event.
- Caregivers will be taught to correctly install and use the car seat.
- There is a $30.00 co-pay per seat which must be paid in cash at the time the seat is received.
For more information on how to safely install children's car seats we recommend these resources:
- http://www.oregonimpact.org/Child_Passenger_Safety showing Oregon and local resources.
- http://www.chop.edu to watch videos on how to install a car seat from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
- http://www.safekids.org for the ultimate guide to car seats and more.
- http://www.nhtsa.gov for car seat recalls from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Also check out the Britax and Evenflo YouTube videos showing how to install their seats. Both manufacturers are offering virtual car seat checks by their CPSTs even if you don't own one of their car seats.
If you need additional information, please call 541-766-6961.
