Roughly 80 % of Fire Deaths Occur in the Home!
The best way to prevent fires in your home is to make fire safety part of your daily life.
 

The leading cause of kitchen fires

is unattended cooking. 

· Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, broiling or grilling. When baking/roasting, check it regularly.

· To extinguish a pan fire, slide a lid over the pan and turn off the burner to suffocate the flame. 

· To extinguish an oven fire, keep the oven door closed and turn off the stove. 

· If don’t feel comfortable attempting to extinguish the fire, get out of the home and call the fire department for help.

Space heaters account for 33% of home heating fires and 75% of home heating fire deaths. 

· Keep Space Heaters at least 3 feet from anything that can burn and turn them off when you go to bed or leave the room.

· Have your heating equipment professionally inspected and serviced every year.

· Clean and inspect your chimneys yearly.

· Install Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI’s) electrical outlets in kitchens, bathrooms, outdoor areas, basements and garages.

65% of home fire deaths happen

in homes with no working smoke alarms. 

· Install a Smoke Alarm in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas and on every level of your home. 

· Wire Smoke Alarms in parallel so that when one alarms, they all alarm.

· Test your Smoke Alarms monthly.

· Install Carbon Monoxide Alarms in your home.

When you change the clocks…

Change the batteries in your alarms!

Know what to do when the alarms sounds. 

· Planning and practicing will help your family know what to do when the smoke alarm sounds.

· Sit down with everyone in your home and talk about the best ways to get out quickly.

· Plan two ways out of every room and pick an outside meeting place.

· Make a special plan for anyone in your home who might need assistance escaping.

Home fires are more likely between 5PM and 8PM. 

· Roll off the bed and crawl along the floor. Heat and smoke rises. Good air is near the floor.

· Feel the door before opening it. If it is cool, it is safe to open and proceed along your escape route. If not, you must use your alternate route.

· Go to your pre-planned meeting spot. Notify the fire department after you're safely outside. Then stay until the fire department arrives.

Fire Safety is Everyone’s responsibility. 

Please practice safe Fire Prevention tactics! 

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