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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Useful tips. I think than a extinguisher always is necessary in home, like the Fire Extinguisher, ABC, because it is rechargeable (it has a gauge), very effective (it is multipurpose) and secure.
My husband and I go camping, and it would be useful for us to have the Hot Headz Fire Blanket, 36 x 36-Inch, Red just in case there are any problems with our campfire.
We could really use the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI.
I like the Kiddie Fire Extinguisher.
I would get the Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2)
by Fire Gone. They look easier to use than a regular fire extinguisher if a fire broke out.
I have been wanting the Two-Story 14-Foot Escape Ladder. The fire dept here just took applications for those items to give to people because they received a grant.
I would/need to get the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because the one we have now is so old I doubt it would even work.
Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC is something I would like to give, I have had one in my home for a least 30 years.
I like the fire ladder best.
I like the Two Story Escape ladder.
i could use a Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC…jast in cast man!
I would love to get an escape ladder to make sure my daughter can always get out safely.
I want a Fire Gone white/red fire extinguisher. I need that. I also need a pet alert sticker, for multiple dogs.
I’d love to get the fire blanket so I feel safer when we’re sleeping!
I would like to get one of the fire safety ladders, because we live in an apartment and this would give us another way out.
I would get the seat belt cutter for the car to have on hand!
I would like to get the PET SAFETY ALERT 2-Count Static Cling Window Decal for Pets because we have a cat that I would want to be rescued if our house caught on fire. 😉
I’d like the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI, because I don’t have one for my apartment.
I’d like the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI. We have 2 fire extinguishers, but they’re so old that I doubt they’re any good. We do have an alarm system that also will alert us if there is smoke, but I would feel better knowing we could help put the fire out.
I would love to give the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI to our children for their home. It would give me peace of mind just knowing they have one.