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 love to have the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot. I like that it is collapsable too!
I would like to have the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher. It would be nice to have one in the kitchen & one in the garage.
the first alert 2 story ladder would be essential in our house!
I would like to give the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher. It’s one of those things that is needed but no fun to spend money on!
I would give the 2 pack Fire Gone Fire Suppressant. My husband is a fireman and this would come in handy for friends who do not own a Fire Extinguisher.
I would love to have the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot for our home because we have bedrooms on the second floor.
The Fire Gone Extinguishers are the perfect item to have in our RV where we live full-time as we travel around the country.
i would like the fire safety night light. i am klutzy and this would help with my blackout curtains in case of an emergency.
I would get a Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI, just in case if there was a fire accident!
I’d like the cans of fire gone, I don’t have anything to fight fires in my house.
I would want one of those pet warning stickers. We have one now, but it’s getting old and sun-faded.
SentrySafe 500 FIRE-SAFE Box, 0.16 Cubic Feet, Black – i have a lot of valuable items and important papers that I do not want to lose. After seeing my parents home completely damaged and so much lost I have worried about this for years now.
I would like to have the seat belt cutter because I’ve read they often saves lives in the event of a terrible wreck.
I would like the seatbelt cutter/window breaker tool. That is important
The Emergency Escape Hood Oxygen Mask seems really handy to have in an emergency
i would like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC.
Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher because I would know it was new and not used. Be wonderful in the kitchen.
I would give the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because either people do not have one or the ones they do have are old and expired
I love the Pet Alert decal. I would for sure want someone to try and save my fur babies.
I could use the 2nd story fire escape ladder for my house.