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Home Check Up: Smoke Detectors and More

Day Light Savings time ended on October 29th, and many experts say that’s a good time to check out household safety implement such as your smoke detectors. It makes sense, because it’s something we don’t really use, and it’s easy to forget to check the batteries. Even if your detectors are hardwired, you need battery back up, in case of a power outage. If you didn’t get a chance to check or change your batteries yet, now is as good a time as any. Write it down or send yourself a reminder if you need to, because it’s important. You … Continue reading →

Check Your Smoke Detectors and Fire Extinguishers

One safety step that every family needs to do at least once a month is to check their smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. This crucial step is often easily forgotten in the day to day rush of life. An easy way to remember to complete this is to pick a specific day every month. You may want to plan it for the first of the month or on your payday. This will automatically give you a reminder that the task needs to be completed. Checking your smoke detectors is a fairly easy process. You will simply need to press the … Continue reading →

CPSC, SFC America Announce Recall to Repair Fire Extinguishers

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the recall of fire extinguishers in voluntary cooperation with the firm listed below. You should stop using recalled products immediately. February 7, 2006 Release #06-084 Name of Product: Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers There are approximately 50,900 Manufacturer: Strike First Corp., of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Importer: Strike First Corporation of America (SFC America), of Front Royal, VA. Hazard: The fire extinguishers can fail to discharge properly when the trigger is activated, which puts consumers at risk of fire-related injuries. Incidents/Injuries: SFC America has received three reports of the fire extinguishers failing to discharge properly … Continue reading →

Home Safety

Nothing is more important than keeping our families and our homes safe. We work hard to insure that nothing will harm our family members, especially in our own homes. It is not always easy, but there is a lot of helpful information available, and many great home safety products now on the market. Most people know about smoke detectors and the like, but there is more to home safety than smoke detectors. Carbon Monoxide Detectors It’s obvious that a smoke detector is an important part of home safety, but many people don’t realize that a carbon monoxide detector is imperative … Continue reading →