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)
Update: This Fire Prevention Tips post originally had a $50 Paypal cash giveaway attached. The Giveaway entry device has been removed and had 9522 entries. See Giveaway Winners
Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI
Because I think fire extinguishers expire! So it’s good to have a NEW one 😉
These tips are great, I’ll definitely install a smoke alarm on my second floor now. Thought about it before, had some doubts but safety is first.
I like the Top Rated Strobe Light/Alert Horn. I never thought about how important this would be to have this in case of a fire!! I definitely will be adding this to the list! 🙂
I would like to get the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC.
I got to say that I would most like to have the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because we don’t have one. Yeah, really, really, really need to get on that! Thanks for the chance!
The pet alert decals because my kitty cats are my babies! Oh, and the fire extinguisher and heat blanket!
Definitely the Kidde multi-purpose fire extinguisher
BB would love, no NEEDS to get a fire extinguisher. Unfortunately we don’t have one now. Gracias for the Giveaway.
I’d like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. It would be a practical thing to have on hand… and maybe I’d get a second one so I could propel myself on an office chair. XD
God bless,
Miles
I think that every house should have a First Alert EL52-2 Two-Story 14-Foot Escape Ladder! I would love to give one of these to my friend because she just moved into a new house!
It would be the fire extinguisher because of my grandkids. My granddaughter had a fireman come to her school. She thought she heard him say you could stop by the firehouse and get one if you didn’t have one at home. She really wanted to get one for her home, but she had misunderstood. We all already have smoke alarms and she wanted this so her family would be safer. She wanted it for a Christmas present for her parents. It was sad to see her disappointed.
I’d like to get the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. It would be great to have on hand in case of a cooking fire.
I would like to receive a Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 Red/White Fire Extinguisher and I would be willing to give one as a gift too. Fire Extinguishers are always a good to have as you just never know when or if you will need it.
I would give the fire extinguisher! Everyone should have one in their kitchen
I’d pick either the Hot Headz Fire Blanket or the Emergency Escape Hood Oxygen Mask Respirator–I can’t decide!
I would like to have the Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2). I like that they look easy to use and I can get to them fast if I need them.
i’d love to have the Fire Gone
I’m going to get the Seatbelt Cutter Window Breaker Escape (Dark Orange) with my next Amazon purchase because being trapped in a burning car is one of my worst nightmares! Just waiting to bundle it with a couple more items for free shipping 🙂
I would love the fire extinguishers to keep one in kitchen and one in the garage.
I would like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. I think that this would be good to have in your kitchen.