From October 5-11, 2014, National Fire Prevention Week will allow people across the country to learn how to prevent fires in the home. In this post, you will read a few tips that can help you with this.
The #1 cause of fires in the home is cooking. Make sure you always monitor food on the stove. When cooking, loose clothing can readily catch fire if they contact a hot cooking surface or open flame. When they are not being used, keep flammable kitchen towels and pot holders away from the stove and oven. An ABC-rated fire extinguisher should be readily accessible in your kitchen.
If a fire should occur anywhere inside the home, smoke detectors can be liefsavers. The National Fire Prevention Association claims that 60% of fatalities from residential fires occur in homes with either missing or non-working smoke detectors, according to a 2014 report. The NPFA also claims that unreliable smoke alarms almost always have missing, disconnected, or dead batteries. This week, please take a few minutes to test your smoke detectors and replace the battery in any unit that does not respond.
The safety of the Chagrin Falls community is our most important priority. In our work, we clean up and repair property damage from fire and smoke with the goal of getting homes and businesses back to normal as soon as we can.
