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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The Firegone White and Red Fire Extinguishers – I’ve never seen these before – look interesting.
I’d like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher because every house should have one on hand.
I would like to get the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot because I live in a townhouse with two stories and it could be lifesaving.
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I would like to win the Kidde KN-COSM-BA Battery-Operated Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Voice Warning, because our friends just had a new baby. I would give it to them
I would get a Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher in case of fire in the kitchen.
I love the idea of the pet safety decals, my cockapoo is my absolute love!
The Hot Headz Fire Blanket would be helpful for a fire in the yard.
I would love to get PET SAFETY ALERT 234001 2-Count Static Cling Window, since we have 3 dogs. This way it would alert rescue personnel that we have dogs in the house in case they need rescuing too.
I really need a good smoke detector for my house, so I’d have to choose the X-Sense SD03A Battery-Powered Home Smoke Detector, with 85 dB Fire Alarm Warning and Photoelectric! 🙂
I’d like to try the “Belkin BE112230-08 12-Outlet Surge Protector”. Because my two don’t have half as many sockets and is really old, to the point where I’m afraid it won’t protect my computers from a surge.
The smoke alarm/carbon monoxide detector, because I really do need more of these!
I would really like to have a Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC! I know how important it is to have a fire extinguisher, and the one we have is very very old, and I doubt that it would even work.
I think I’d like to get the Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2). It’s small enough for anyone to handle and the right size for it to be kept nearby.
The seatbelt cutter/window breaker escape tool – because car accidents happen all the time, and if it happens to me I’d like to survive it!
the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC
I would choose Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because this looks user friendly and is portable to take anywhere.
I would give a seatbelt cutter window breaker escape
I would give the combo carbon monoxide/smoke alarm, because being alerted to the fire is the most important thing to me!
I would like Pet Safety Decals. One of my worries is my cat not being rescued in a fire.
Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC