There are no national inspection guidelines or regulations for bounce houses.
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One runs a company providing entertainment, including bounce houses, across the country.
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In recent years there have been a number of tragic incidents involving bounce houses.
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Bounce houses are a staple at kid parties and let's be honest, they are awesome.
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There is no question that more kids are getting inured from bounce houses, as CNN reported in 2012.
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"People should be careful using bounce houses even in merely 'breezy' conditions, even without storms present or nearby."
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As for the party ... the kids performed on a mini-stage and played in a bunch of bounce houses.
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"Although these bounce houses are manufactured with safety in mind, the installations are not always inspected and well-regulated."
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Injuries related to bounce houses have been increasing in recent years, according to a 2012 study published in the journal Pediatrics.
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To engage young Latino voters, we held parties outside polling places with mariachi bands, taco trucks and bounce houses for children.
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"Depending on the type of anchoring used, bounce houses can go airborne in winds far below severe levels," he told BuzzFeed News.
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It's a place in a warehouse-type building filled with bounce houses, a foam pit, and other things for kids to climb on.
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And, if you really want to step-up your rental gam, consider renting out party equipment like tents, photo booths, or bounce houses.
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The balloon with one of the air generators you see outside bounce houses—Ettun gives it a quick pump before we go inside.
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Between 2000 and May 2017, he told BuzzFeed News he's counted 11 deaths due to bounce houses and weather, as well as 316 injuries.
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Most manufacturers recommend removing children from bounce houses and/or deflating them when winds are 20 to 453 miles per hour or higher, Amberg said.
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"People have staff-managed bounce houses, characters in costume, deejays, full catering, personalized candy, clean-up staff, and paper invitation suites," the Dallas mom said.
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We could respond to this tragedy by passing laws mandating that all bounce houses be made of bulletproof material, so children can take cover during shootings.
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We're told around 50 kids showed up for the bash, which included cosmic bounce houses, cotton candy, face painting, balloon twisting, tons of pizza, and a mobile video game trailer.
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Part of the reason for the jump, says Woodburn, is because there are a lot more bounce houses today and a lot more rentals at people's houses than 10 years ago.
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The birthday celebration was filled with family, friends, catered Mediterranean food from Greko Greek Street food, a three-tier custom Elm Cake from Pink Blossom Bakery, bounce houses, a candy land, cake pops and cupcakes galore.
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Some have thorough inspection programs, and some have none at all, said Amberg, but parents can inquire with the operator or the manufacturer to learn about inspections to the bounce houses and to get more of a sense of a company's reputation.
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The event — think fish-frying, bounce houses, and face painting, "almost like a family reunion atmosphere," Harrison said — will be a festive backdrop for Harrison, the son of a single mother who grew up in poverty, to present his vision for the future of South Carolina.
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Certainly, here in the United States, there have been plenty of stories that have parents, including this reporter, looking at these bouncy houses -- or bounce houses -- as less of a thrill ride for children and more of a fright for parents when they consider all the scary things that can happen.
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Family Fourth Fireworks: Town residents gather at Waveny Town Park for picnicking, live music, bounce houses, and fireworks.
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2015 Founders Day Howe celebrates its history and origins every May with a Founders Day celebration. The first Founders Day in 1986 featured a professional rodeo along with many festival events. Each year, vendors line up in the downtown parking spaces with items for sale. The festival features food, shaved ice, bounce houses, and the like.
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Rugged Maniac features 25 obstacles over a 5 kilometer (3.1 mile) course. It is designed to be more family-friendly and catered to people of all fitness levels, due to the shorter distance but larger number of obstacles. The run ends with an all-day festival of beer, food, mechanical bull riding, adult-sized bounce houses, and sponsor exhibition booths.
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This annual festival in Midvale, Utah, established in 1988, celebrates the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo. This festival takes place the first weekend in May and offers many performers such as bailé folklorico (traditional dancing), mariachi bands, as well as known hispanic singers and bands. The festival boasts a variety of local Mexican food vendors as well as activities such as bingo and inflatable bounce- houses for children to play in.
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The annual Taste of Amherst is one of the most popular events that the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce hosts. It draws over 20,000 people to eat at over 20 local restaurants that set up tents on the Amherst town common. There are also bounce houses and face painting for children and a beer tent for adults. The Taste of Amherst has had a large effort in the past few years to "green up the event".
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When the original location closed, the contents of the business were divided and sold. Jeff Love purchased ten of the higher quality rides, including Merry Go Round, Boat Ride, Airplane Ride, The Whip, Bounce Houses, and Ball Pit. He created a fully indoor version of Peppermint Park from 1986 to 1994 in Friendswood. This incarnation of the business was located off of FM 528 in an old grocery store that was turned into a candy-striped interior filled with fun.
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Their mission was to collect and distribute toys for the children in Puerto Rico who had been affected by Hurricane Maria. The Miami Children's Museum hosted a special toy drive event on December 2, 2018, and Spirit Airlines donated three flights to get the toys to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. On Sunday, December 10, Operation Puerto Rico Gift- Lift worked with numerous organizations to host a holiday party in Aguadilla featuring food, bounce houses and entertainment. During this celebration, for which people began lining up as early as 6 a.m.
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Beginning in 1998, the cook-off has drawn a lot of people out to try chili cooked from various members of the community. This event also includes other activities such as bounce houses, pony rides and games for the children; live music as well as other food and drink for the adults. The cook off is held the third Saturday of each September at Rotary Park in the Yolo County Fairgrounds. The City of Woodland and Woodland Chamber of Commerce put on a Christmas parade each year that draws a crowd of around 30,000 people in downtown Woodland.
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Also, a tall Drop-N-Twist, an old-fashioned carousel, three bounce houses, and several other amusement rides have been added since then. Also added in 2014 were three new themed areas, including a 1,500 s.f. deck featuring a firepit to keep fans warm during April and May, 51 new swivel-chair seats adjacent to the field, and 18 new extra- wide seats adjacent to the visitor's dugout, as well as four new padded seats set aside for veterans and active-duty military. In 2015, the franchise continued to improve the ballpark with a 10,000 s.f.
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Allen is also home to 60 natural and man-made parks - over 1,188 acres of park land in total. Some of the more notable parks are the following: Allen Station Park, Bethany Lakes Park, Celebration Park, Glendover Park, Spirit Park, Stacy Ridge, Twin Creeks Park, Waterford Park, and Windridge Park. Every year, Allen hosts the Allen USA Celebration on the last Saturday of June, which usually falls on the Saturday preceding the Independence Day (United States) holiday. The celebration boasts a large assortment of food trucks/stalls, sports drills, music concerts, a car show, bounce houses, and a large fireworks display - regarded as one of the largest in Texas.
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Angelo State ROTC The official Ram Jam was started by the Alumni Association in 2003 and has grown to become the large pregame football tailgating parties they are today. During the fall semester outside the LeGrand Alumni Center, students, alumni, and community members park their cars in the parking lot and hang out around the center to grill and socialize. The events also feature local bands to provide entertainment, free food and refreshments, bounce houses and other games for kids, and alcoholic beverages for those 21 and up. The Ram Band, the ASU dance team, the Angelettes, and the ASU Cheerleaders also perform and everyone walks over to the stadium prior to the game.
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A bouncy castle Inflatable castles (also called closed inflatable trampolines (CITs), bouncing castle, bouncy houses, bounce houses, jumping castle, bouncy castles, moon bounces, or moonwalks) are temporary inflatable structures and buildings and similar items that are rented for functions, school and church festivals and village fetes and used for recreational purposes, particularly for children. The growth in the use of such devices has led to a rental industry that includes inflatable slides, obstacle courses, and games. Inflatables are ideal for portable amusements because they are easy to transport and store. An inflatable shaped like an elephant slide Inflatables have been marketed under several names, such as "Bounce House", "Bouncies","Moon Bounce", "Boingalow", "Astrojump", "Moonwalk", "Jolly Jump" and "Spacewalk".
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CEC owners also own the patent on the Watchdog Siren System, a device that alerts operators if the blower attached to an inflatable fails for any reason. As inflatable structures deflate somewhat slowly, a warning when the blower first ceases to function give plenty of time to evacuate the inflatable, or correct the blower problem. CEC has been involved in controversy over the safety of its products and is a defendant in a lawsuit asserting that the company's alleged negligence was a factor in the death of a young Minnesota man. In August 2010, The California Attorney General filed suit against Cutting Edge Creations Inc for "Testing done by the Center for the Environmental Health and the Attorney General's office found that some of the vinyl in the bounce houses contains lead levels that violate both federal and state regulations".
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