Helpful Tips
- Prepare a Home Fire Escape Plan and practice the plan often with your family.
- Give space heaters space. At least three feet from anything that can burn.
- Put matches and lighters out of the reach of younger children.
- Check the cushions! If you smoke look for any match or cigarette butt before you sleep. Never smoke in bed!
- Check your cords and wires. Loose broken cords or overloaded receptacles do cause fires. Never place a cord under a rug or furniture.
- Avoid kitchen dangers. Be sure pots and pans handles are turned inward so young children cannot reach them.
- Never store gasoline or other flammable liquids in your home. Fumes can migrate to appliance or water heater pilot lights and cause an explosion.
- If a small fire starts in a pan, carefully slide the lid over the pan to smother the flames, and turn off the burner. NEVER try to remove a burning pan from your home. If the fire is too hot for the lid use your home fire extinguisher or baking soda. Never use flour it will explode.
- Place home fire extinguishers in the kitchen away from the cooking area, and in the shop or storage area of your home. Check them annually.
- If your home catches fire, “Get Out and Stay Out.” Call the fire department from a neighbors home.
- If you are caught in a fire, get down low and crawl under the smoke.