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How Fire Safe Is Your Home?
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Do you have these safety items in your home?
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- Working smoke detectors on all levels, inside and outside all sleeping areas (each story or wing, basement, etc.)
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Have you tested the detector in the last month? Changed the batteries within the last year?
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ABC or ABCD fire extinguisher in the kitchen and/or workshop.
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Emergency exit plan, with two ways out from each room and a meeting place out doors.
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Make Fire Safety
a
"FAMILY BUSINESS"
by involving the entire family in a Fire Safety Inspection of your home.
Use the check list below to check for fire hazards found most commonly in the home.
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Fire Hazards
Check for fire hazards in your home. Correct any problems NOW.
Kitchen
- Matches store out of reach of children.
- No overloaded outlets or extension cords.
- No curtains or towel racks close to the range.
- Flammable liquids (cleaning fluids, contact adhesives, etc.) or aerosols stored away from the range or other heat source. (Remember, even a pilot light can set vapors on fire.)
- No attractive or frequently used items stored above the range where someone could get burned reaching for them (especially small children in search of cookies or other goodies).
- No worn or frayed appliance or extension cords.
Living Room, Family Room, Den, Bedrooms
- Matches and lighters stored out of reach of children.
- Use only large ashtrays (small ashtrays are too dangerous.)
- Empty ashtrays frequently (when all signs of heat and burning are gone.)
- Fireplace kept screened and cleaned regularly.
- Replace worn or frayed extension cords or other electrical cords.
- No extension cords run under rugs or carpets or looped over nails or other sharp objects that could cause them to fray.
- Sufficient air space around TV, stereo and other electronic equipment to avoid overheating.
- Heating equipment kept three feet away from curtains, furniture, and papers.
- No overloaded outlets or extension cords.
Basement, Garage, Storage Areas
- No newspapers or other rubbish stored near furnace, water heater, or other heat source.
- No oily, greasy rags stored, except when kept in labeled and sealed non-glass containers (preferably metal).
- No gasoline stored in the house or basement. (It should be stored away from the house in an out-building and only in safety cans that have flame arresters and pressure-relief valves.)
- No flammable liquids stored near workbench or pilot light or in anything other than labeled, sealed metal containers. (This includes varnish, paint remover, paint thinner, contact adhesives, cleaning fluids.)
- No overloaded outlets or extension cords.
- All fuses of the correct size.
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