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 a fire alarm or smoke detector for someone who is deaf or hard of hearing because I have a son with a hearing loss. I am afraid that he will not hear or recognize the danger when conventional smoke/fire alarms go off if he is not wearing his hearing aid.
I would chose the Kidde KN-COPP-B-LPM Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Digital Display. When I was under 5 yrs old we (and most people) didn’t have carbon monoxide alarms or even smoke detectors in the 60’s. One night our house filled with carbon monoxide, my family was lucky enough to wake up and turn of the heater, but they weren’t able to wake me. On the 30 minute drive to the hospital with the windows open in the cold weather, I finally awoke. Thank goodness no damage was done to me, our family or our home. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and silent killer. Thank you for highlighting fire prevention and giving us the chance to win this generous giveaway. Happy Thanksgiving.
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We live in an apartment in the second floor, so if I could get to my girls, I would want them to have this to get out of the apartment.
I would like to have a fire safety ladder as I would need a fast way to get out of my apt. if I was sleeping when the fire occurred.
The pet alert window decal would be great since we have a dog.
Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot, we could use a sturdier ladder
good fire prevention reminders
I would want this one: PET SAFETY ALERT 234001 2-Count Static Cling Window Decal for Pets I would give one away too to my mom and sister.
We need one of the ladders, because in the back, it’s a 3 story drop from the bedrooms to the ground if we had a fire.
I’d like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC since it could be useful if a fire starts at home.
Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because I really need one for my house.
Never seen the Breath of Life before, definitely important thing to have.
I’d like to get new Fire Extinguishers for my loved ones…the ones I gave them years ago, with Fire Ladders, is probably too old.
The sticker that notifies fireman that there are pets inside!!! I couldn’t live without my fur babies!
I would love to get the Fire Escape Ladder. We just moved into a new home that has a second story, so it would be great to have in case of an emergency.
Everyone should have a fire extinguisher in their kitchen.
I would like to get a Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. I believe everyone should have at least one fire extinguisher in their home because you never know what kind of fire will break out.
I’d like to have the
PET SAFETY ALERT 234001 2-Count Static Cling Window Decal for Pets. I care very much about my pet and would like firefighters to know there’s one in the home if I ever have a fire. Thanks.
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Definitely the two-story escape ladder!
The fire safety blankets would be very pratical to have.