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 was looking over the fire prevention items and was amazed at the many useful things that I had never thought of before. I will be getting the PET SAFETY ALERT 234001 2-Count Static Cling Window Decal for Pets which would alert the Fire Department in case of a fire and could help aid them their rescue.
I like the kiddee fire extinguisher. It would be great to have for the holiday season with all the cooking we do
I would like the Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2)
Fire Gone 2NBFG2704 White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2)
I would get everyone in my family fire extinguishers for their kitchens. I have one, but am the only one I know that actually takes fire safety seriously.
I would love the 14 ft fire escape ladder. I honestly have not though of a blocked stairway. Thanks for the info.
I would love to have the Seatbelt Cutter Window Breaker Escape (Dark Orange). I was in a rollover accident once and had to have someone cut my seatbelt to get out.
I would get the Belken 12 Outlet Surge Suppressor.
I would love to give and receive several of the fire prevention items, the Hot Headz Fire Blanket, 36 x 36-Inch, the Emergency Escape Hood Oxygen Mask Respirator for Industrial and Urban Survival, and the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher, ABC, 160CI because these are all items that I think every home should have.
I would like to gift the Kidde 21005779 Pro 210 Fire Extinguisher to my sisters- they have young kids and it’s something they should have in the house.
I would like to give my children the seat belt cutter, window breaker escape hammer so if they need to get out of their car in a hurry this could help them. I would like to put one in each of our cars.
I would like to get a Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because you’ll never know when you’ll need one. It’s the first thing one should grab when a small fire breaks out. (When a large fire breaks out the first thing you should do is get the heck out.)
I’d like one of the Emergency Escape Hood Oxygen Mask Respirator because you never know when you might need one! I’d also like one of the fire extinguishers because we currently don’t have one!
I definitely want to buy the Kiddie Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder for my house. I’ve been meaning to buy one and just never do. Thanks for the reminder!!
I’d like to get a fire extinguisher because everyone needs one in their home and we don’t have one.
I would love the Fire Gone. Fire extinguishers are so hard to use but the Fire Gone is so much easier! Good to have on hand in the kitchen!!
Because I have an exsposed ranch I would like the amazon.com/Kidde-Two-Story-Escape-Anti-Slip-13-Foot/dp/B00005OU7B/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1447120146&sr=1-1&keywords=fire+safety- Kidde 2 story ladder, so who ever is in the lower level can climb out the high window to escape any danger.
I would like the Kidde KN-COSM-BA Battery-Operated Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Voice Warning. I like the combination and the voice warning sounds like a good idea.
I would like to get the 6 Pets Inside Safety Alert Warning Window Door Stickers; In Fire or Emergency They Notify Rescue Personnel to Save Pet and share them with my family because we all have pets that are family to us!
The first alert safety ladder because out bedrooms are on the 2nd floor and we are on top of a hill, if we had to jump it would result in injury.