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More Fire Prevention Tips

Do you know all of the ways to prevent a fire from consuming your home or taking your life? Home fires can be absolutely devastating. A little knowledge know could prevent a real tragedy later. Many of these tips were suggested by State Farm Insurance. Here are some more tips on preventing fire and fire-related injury in the home. You might have heard of spontaneous combustion. Believe it or not, this is a very real hazard and can caused a fire in your home. To prevent spontaneous combustion, do not let oily or greasy rags collect. Even paint covered rags … Continue reading →

Is it Time for a Check Up?

This has nothing to do with going to the doctor or the dentist, so you don’t have to dread this kind of check up. This is just a discussion of routine maintenance for a few important home items as the weather changes and we move closer to the end of the year. Safety Equipment Check your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Many have built in testers to see if they are working properly. Also, be sure to check the batteries, even in detectors that are wired to an electric power source. If the power goes out, it does no … Continue reading →

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 →

National Fire Prevention Week October 8-14

October 8-14 is National Fire Prevention week. This week is focused on preventing fires, as well as preparing yourself and your family for a fire. This is a great week to review the fire safety procedures that you already have in place with your family. It is also an excellent time to make sure that you are checking fire safety items on a regular basis. Here is a list of things, which you should try to do this week. 1) Check your smoke detectors and your fire extinguishers, and make sure everything is in order. You should have at least … Continue reading →

Kitchen Safety: Where Is It?

Although a forest fire may have its origins nowhere near your kitchen, only you can prevent a fire from starting in your very own kitchen. (You can’t blame Smoky The Bear for this!) While this may seem like an obvious statement, many people are unaware that their kitchens are dangerous places and in many instances, a fire waiting to happen. Prevent kitchen fires by keeping curtains, dish towels and long flowing sleeves away from the cook top. I myself, while awaiting company and preparing some jambalaya, was a bit too preoccupied and didn’t notice a pot-holder that was too close … 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 →

Home and Family: Safety

Keeping our families safe is one of our greatest duties, and is often one of our most pressing concerns. Unfortunately, there are so many things to take into consideration, that safety can become an overwhelming job. These tips will help simplify some things: Check Your Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector Regularly To help you remember when your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector were last tested or when the batteries were last replaced, perform these tasks at each Daylight Savings Time change (if you observe Daylight Savings in your area). Change your reminder to “spring ahead, fall back, check … 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 →