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
Great reminders!
Definitely the smoke detector to let everyone beware.
I would choose the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC
I would like to get the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because I don’t have one in my kitchen as I should.
Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
I would like the Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs. We live in a second story apartment.
The pet alert for the window because we have 4 cats and 3 dogs and I do worry about them being safe.
carbon monoxide detector
i would get the Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2) because its easy to use and sfae and it can be used on different kinds of fires
Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher would be a great one to have on hand. Thank you
Amazon’s Top Rated Fire Extinguisher: Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher. I would also get a smaller fire extinguisher for the car.
I would like to get the Pine Mountain Chimney Fire Extinguisher because we use our chimney constantly in the winter with wood stoves and I get worried about chimney fires. I wasn’t aware that there is a log type product you can use to extinguish it. Thanks!
We need a fire extinguisher in the house. It’s pretty bad because my husband is a retired firefighter and we don’t have a fire extinguisher.
I would like a carbon monoxide detector. We have smoke detectors but we would like the extra protection.
The pet alert for the window. Would hate for the dogs to be left
I would like to get the fire extinguisher and the 2 story ladder.
I would get the fireplace fire gate to prevent my kids or pets from getting hurt from the fire place
I would want the Amazon’s Top Rated Fire Extinguisher: Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher.
I like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because we had a fire in our exhaust fan in the bathroom 3 years ago and the fire Extinguisher we had helped control the fire until the fire dept arrived.
I would get the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot because our bedrooms are on the 2nd floor and we’d need it to escape a fire at nighttime
Seat belt cutter and window nreaker.