FIRE PREVENTION
Here are a few ways that you can practice Fire Prevention:
Know Your Escape Plan
It is important that if there is an emergency that everyone in your home or business know where to go outside of the building. A central meeting place is key to knowing if everyone is out of that dangerous environment
It is important that if there is an emergency that everyone in your home or business know where to go outside of the building. A central meeting place is key to knowing if everyone is out of that dangerous environment
Appoint a Safety Manager
Select someone responsible from your family or business to make sure that everyone is accounted for and that everyone is clear from your building…even if it is a fire alarm. Something set off that fire alarm…it did not just go off by itself.
Select someone responsible from your family or business to make sure that everyone is accounted for and that everyone is clear from your building…even if it is a fire alarm. Something set off that fire alarm…it did not just go off by itself.
Extension cords
Start using low gauge (thicker) extension cords and do away with the thin brown, white and green cords that you can buy. These types of cords can handle the electricity and do not heat up as fast
Power Strips
DO NOT CONNECT POWER STRIPS. Power strips have an internal breaker which supports the items you have plugged in. One main cause of fire is from plugging plug strips into one another.
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Baseboard Heaters
Make sure that all soft furniture, blankets and any type of low hanging drapery are clear of base board heaters. These heaters produce a radiant heat that can ignite anything that heats up enough.
Smoke Detectors
VERY IMPORTANT. Make sure that all your smoke detectors are working properly and make sure that you change the batteries in your smoke detector every six (6) months. One way to remember this is…WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR CLOCK, CHANGE YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERY!
Fire Extinguishers
Make sure that you have plenty of fire extinguishers in your house…especially where fires can start…heating units that use a pilot light, kitchens and near your electrical wall boxes.
It is always good to have a fire extinguisher in your bedroom, in case you have to fight your way to a safe place. CLASS ABC fire extinguishers are the ones that you should buy. The work on electrical, combustible (wood/paper), and fuels like oil and gasoline.
