With temps soaring into the 30 degree range, remember to not leave kids or pets in vehicles.

Jeff Avery, Fire Prevention Officer, says in mere minutes, you could find yourself in a dire medical emergency. "It could be 33 degrees outside and with all the vehicles rolled up it can get deathly hot in a matter of a short time. You can get temperatures 60 to 70 degrees when sitting in the sun and pets and kids get dehydrated so fast."

Avery advises people to leave pets at home where they are safe and take your children with you. "I wouldn't recommend leaving them at all (in the vehicle) but if you have to make it very short term."

If a call comes in Fire Services will respond and assess the situation, "we'll make sure the pet or children are not under any distress and find out how long they've been in there. If they have been in there a long time we will definitely use forcible entry and get them out."

It's also not time to be a hero, reminds Avery. If you see kids or animals left in a car, make the call to 911 rather than dealing with the situation yourself. "You don't know the circumstances; the person could have just pulled up and ran into the store for 30 seconds. You don't want to be breaking somebody's window, you don't know if that dog's friendly or not either. That's vandalism at the end of the day. Give us a call, if we feel the animal or child is in distress we will get them out. Never take stuff like that into your own hands."