Fire Safety
& Prevention

Be kitchen smart

• Wear tight-fitting or rolled up sleeves when cooking

• Use oven mitts instead of pot holder to handle hot pans

• Never leaving your cooking unattended, use timers to remind you that you have something on the stove

• If a fire should start, slide a lid over it and turn off the burner

• Don't cook if you are drowsy from alcohol or medication

 

Smokers need

• Large, deep ashtrays

• Wet cigarette butts and ashes before emptying into trash

• Never smoke when drowsy, lying down or in bed

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Space heaters need space

• Keep them at least 3 feet away from anything that can burn

• Unplug heaters when you shut them off, leave home or go to bed

• Purchase only those that have automatic shut off when tipped over

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To give you early warning you need a Smoke Alarm 

• Have them installed outside the sleeping areas on every level of your home

• Test them at least once a month by pushing the test button

• Make sure that everyone in the home can hear the alarm, even with the doors shut

 

Have an escape plan and practice it

• Know two ways out of every room in your home

• Make sure that you can open windows and doors easily

• Keep a spare key near your doors to help you get out easier

• Once outside call 9-1-1

• Once outside, Stay Outside — do not go back inside

 

Know your abilities 

• Plan your escape around your abilities

• Have a telephone in your bedroom in case you are trapped by the fire