Top Fire Safety Tips and Fire Prevention Gifts
Protect against the dangers of a house fire:
- DO keep a smoke alarm on every level of your home. Half of home fire deaths happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Stay safe with smoke alarms outside of every bedroom and each separate sleeping area.
- DON’T forget to test your smoke alarm every month. The risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms. If your alarm doesn’t sound when tested, it’s time to replace it.
- DO address your needs. If you require eyeglasses, hearing aid, cane or a wheelchair, ensure they are next to your bed to quickly grab if necessary. If there is a fire, you may have less than three minutes to get out of your home. Be ready to act immediately.
- DON’T assume you’ll hear the fire alarm if it sounds. If you test the alarm and can’t hear it, consider getting a strobe light that will flash or a bed shaker that will shake when the smoke alarm sounds.
- DO make a fire escape plan that shows at least two ways out of every room. Identify a meeting place in the front of your home, to verify that everyone is safe and help firefighters ensure everyone exited safely.
- DON’T stop to call 911 until you’re safely outside and away from danger. Stay outside until the fire department says it’s safe to go back inside.
For even more fire safety tips, visit the U.S. Fire Administration’s webpage at www.usfa.fema.gov. You can also follow FEMA Region V at twitter.com/femaregion5 and www.facebook.com/fema. Individuals can always find valuable preparedness information at www.Ready.gov.
Top Fire Safety Prevention Gifts
This holiday buy your family/friends fire prevention gifts!
- : X-Sense SD03A Battery-Powered Home Smoke Detector, with 85 dB Fire Alarm Warning and Photoelectric Sensor; Automatic Reset, Easy Installation; in White Color ($16)
- : Fire Lite P2R Horn/Strobe, 12/24 Volt, Red, Multi-Candela 15,15/75, 30, 75,110,115 cd ($50)
- : Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot ($28)
- : Emergency Escape Mask – Breath-Of-Life — URBAN SURVIVAL / FIRE / CHEMICAL / DUST / BIOLOGICALS ($44)
- : Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2) ($16)
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I would like to have the Pine Mountain chimney fire extinguisher for my home. We have a fire place that we use around the holidays and I think having something like that would give me peace of mind.
I could use the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. Our fire extinguisher is pretty old, and we have been talking about buying a new one.
I would like to fire extinguisher. I believe it would make my house a lot safer if I had a small fire.
I would like the pet window cling for my kitty.
I’d like to have an extra Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC in our home, specially in our bedroom area in case we ever needed it. Then we wouldn’t have to run across to the other side of our house and back with our other extinguisher if there was a fire.
We could use the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs at our home. If one of us were unable to escape through the first floor, we’d have to jump out a second story window. We could easily get hurt, if we had to jump out a window.
The Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher because we actually do not have one in this house and need it.
I have the Kidde FA110 Purpose Extinguisher in my kitchen, thankfully I have never had to use it. I think this would be a great gift to give.
I would like a two story fire escape ladder since my family lives on the second floor
I’d like to get the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher, because although we have one fire extinguisher, it would be a good idea to have another one at the other end of the house so one is always nearby.
i’d like to have an emergency escape oxygen mask for all in the house
Seatbelt Cutter Window Breaker could be a lifesaver.
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I am scared of carbon monoxide poisoning also and this is a combo smoke alarm/ carbon monoxide detector.
Thank you for posting this. There used to be smoke alarms throughout our house but when they would start beeping because of a low battery, my husband would remove the battery. This reminded me that the batteries were never replaced.
I would like to give my mother a few of the Fire Safety Night Lights so she can have them in her bedroom, through her hall, leading to the front door for her safety 🙂
I like Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because it is for a safe home.
I would like to get…and to give….a few fire extinguishers. Kitchen fires are so dangerous and it would be so much safer to have the fire extinguisher handy to put out any fire quickly to avoid costly damages and avoid injuries.
I would like to have the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. That would be great to have.
I would like the pet window cling to let them know there is a pet inside.
The Fire Safety Night Light would be great to have especially since in the case of a fire you need to be low to the ground. If it’s dark, the night light would work wonders.. As long as the batteries in your alarm are good!