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
The Seatbelt Cutter Window Breaker Escape to be able to get out of my car in an emergency.
I would give an escape ladder because when you are high up and there is no other way out during an emergency. Its either jump and break a bone or have a ladder and climb down. I had a cousin get killed in a house fire because he was on the second floor and couldn’t get out.
I would choose Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC
by Kidde because every home should have this
As a mother of a Fireman (in Virginia Beach) I know how important having a fire extinguisher is … I’m told/reminded this every year by my son, when he recounts some of his activities, so I would give Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI to everyone.
I would like to have the fire exstinguisher.
The 2-story escape ladder would be a really nice thing to have
I would receive a Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. Every household needs this items on hand for emergencies.
I like to get a multi-purpose fire extinguisher because I don’t have one and is needed because I have a disabled husband so getting out quick in a fire would be a necessity.
The fire ladder would be good since my bedroom is on the second floor
I would like to have the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot because the kids bedrooms are on the second floor
I’d like the pet safety alert window clings because my pets are just as much a part of the family!
Very helpful fire safety tips, the escape mask looks particularly handy.
I would like the Nest fire + carbon monoxide detector, because I do not have a carbon monoxide detector in my house
I would like the fire extinguisher. It is a basic fire safety item, but I don’t currently own one. I would keep in under the sink in my kitchen in case of emergency.
I would like to get some fire extinguishers because a couple months ago we had a grease fire and it almost got out of control and we could have lost everything.
I would get the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because every home should have one.
I would like to win the fire ladder. My bedroom is above ground level.
The Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2)because these would be great for when a small little fire happens and anyone could handle them.
While we live in a one story home, fires are my biggest fear, I would like to get the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot for my daughter’s room. She thinks her window is to far to jump, this would make my mind be more at ease.
I would like to have the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. We need this because the apartment we have moved into does not have any fire extinguishers.