Home is a place where you should feel safe. But your risk of dying in a fire is greatest in your own home. Would you know what to do if a fire started in your home? Would you have a good chance of surviving?
Most fire deaths occur at home. The good news is you can protect yourself from fires in your home. You can prepare to get out safely if there is a fire. Best of all, you can act to prevent a fire from starting. This guide provides some basic fire safety tips.
These are the most important points to remember when it comes to your fire safety:
Smoke can kill.
People often assume that most fire deaths are due to flames. In fact, most fire deaths are caused by smoke and poison gases. Smoke and poison gases are fast, silent killers. They are very hot. They creep up on you quickly. If you breathe them in, you may pass out before you can escape the fire.
Smoke alarms can save your life.
Every home should have working smoke alarms on each level. They cut your chances of dying in half if you have a fire. They alert family members through¬out your home when smoke begins to spread.
You have to install and maintain smoke alarms so they work right.
Smoke alarms are an easy and cheap way to protect against fire. But buying smoke alarms isn’t enough. You have to install them the right way. You have to make sure they keep working. The next page of this safety guide will tell you how.
You should create and practice a fire escape plan.
Suppose your smoke alarms go off. Family members need to know how to escape quickly and where to meet outside. Your family should prac¬tice your plan. That will help everyone act quickly and correctly in a real fire. I will present to you “how to create and practice a fire escape plan” on my next article.
Learn what to do in a real fire.
Usually your most important task is to get outside as fast as you can. If you live in a high-rise building, follow your building’s escape plan.
You can prevent a fire.
Cooking and smoking cause many home fires. Space heaters and candles also pose special dangers. By controlling all sources of heat and fire and checking your home for dangers, you can prevent common types of house¬hold fires.
5 comments:
Great article, how much does it cost for smoke alarm?do u sell it? I think u do, hehe...
How about a poor family who uses wood as a fuel for cooking, do they have to have smoke alarm as well since they always make a lot of smoke when they are cooking?
In another case, the best choice is to use electrified stove which produces heat without fire,but we'll gain a long-list electricity bill bcoz of that, so what d u think about that?
Smoke alarm price approx. USD 40 - 80. Unfortunately I don't sell it, hehehe.
Heat detector can be used in the area that full of smoke. If you can't buy it, please do a simple safety practices. Example; When you cooking use wood as fuel, please don't leave it, keep on your supervision, and get some water near it, and please perform family drill always.
Yes that's right that electrified stove is more harmless than gas stove or fire stove. Remember again, if you can't buy it, please doing simple safety practices.
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Great work.