BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) — The weather’s getting warmer and BREC is opening up its “Splash Pads” to help you stay cool.

The “Splash Pads” opened on Monday, March 4 and will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day until October 2013. They’re located at City-Brooks, Forest, and Greenwood Community Parks.

For more information, call (225) 272-9200 or visit brec.org.

To activate each splash pad, please follow the instructions below:

Participants can activate the City-Brooks Community Park Splash Pad with a green push button located on the 3-foot brown pole, next to the spray feature area.

Participants can activate the Forest Community Park Splash Pad with a green push button located on the 3-foot light blue pole in the splash pad spray area.

Participants can activate the Greenwood Community Park Splash Pad with a green push button located on the two 3-foot yellow poles in the splash pad spray area.

At each park, the button will engage the spray features to run for approximately 2-3 minutes and then automatically turn off.