Fire Safety Tips

 

How safe is your home?

Kitchen

  • All electrical appliances and tools should have a testing agency label.
  • Have appliances repaired if they aren't working right.
  • Don't overload the outlets.
  • Water and electricity combined cause shock. Have dry hands; don't stand in water. If an appliance gets wet, have it serviced.
  • Don't store things over the stove. People get burned reaching. Turn pot handles so children can't pull them down. Wear tight sleeves when you cook. Loose-fitting garments can catch fire.

Living or Family Room

  • Use large ashtrays.
  •  Before you go to bed, look under cushions for burning cigarettes.
  • Use a metal fireplace screen. Have the chimney checked and cleaned regularly.
  •  Put lighters and matches where small children won't find them. Use special outlet covers to keep children's fingers out.
  • Allow air space around the TV and stereo to prevent overheating. If the TV doesn't work right, it can be a fire danger. Have it checked out.
  • Keep portable heaters away from people and combustibles.

Bedroom

  • Buy a smoke detector and install it outside your sleeping area.
  • Plan two escapes from each bedroom.
  • Don't smoke bed.
  •  Don't overload electrical outlets.

Basement, Garage, and Storage

  • Store gasoline and other flammables in tight metal containers. Don't use flammable liquids near heat, a pilot light, or while smoking.
  • Have heating equipment checked yearly.
  • Clean up your workbench. Keep flammables away from sparks.
  •  If a fuse blows, find the cause. (Replace a fuse with one of the correct size.)
  • Sort and remove rubbish. Don't store things near the furnace or heater.

What to do If you have a fire.

  • Get out immediately, Don't try and grab your possessions they can be replaced you can't.
  • Have a pre determined place to meet all the occupants of the residence so every one can be accounted for.
  • Call the Fire Department, Don't assume some one else has.
  • Give any information you can to the fire department regarding the location of the fire and what is burning.