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
I would love to have a fire escape ladder for our second story!
I’d most like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC because we don’t have a fire extinguisher!
I’d give the SentrySafe X055 Security Safe, 0.5 Cubic Feet, to my husband because he could keep all our important documents safe and keep his gun secured safely too.
I could use the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC. My current extinguisher is pretty old.
Thanks for the contest.
I would love the seatbelt cutter window breaker escape tool. In case you need to escape your car or house. So many uses and in an emergency you need options.
i would like to get the Hot Headz Fire Blanket, 36 x 36-Inch, Red just in case we are trapped and need to escape through the fire
As I live in a second story apartment, I’d love to have their First Alert EL52-2 Two-Story 14-Foot Escape Ladder. It would certainly make me feel more comfortable about being able to get out. 🙂
I never thought about having a seatbelt cutter in the car! Good idea!
I would love to have the SentrySafe SFW123DSB 1.23 Cubic Feet Combination Fire-Safe, Medium Grey!! I would love to be able to protect our important documents and photos!
It’s a toss up between the safe and the fire extinguisher. I think more are pretty much necessities.
I would love to have the kiddle two story escape ladder. I constantly worry about being upstairs during a fire and having to jump out.
I actually added the White/Red Fire Extinguisher – 16 oz., (Pack of 2) to my Amazon cart. I’ll give one to my son, and my daughter. I’m not even sure they own one, and everyone should have one in their kitchen for emergencies (and by their fireplace or stove). Thanks for sharing this! You are helping me to keep on top of things. 🙂
I do not have a fire extinguisher. So, I would choose the extinguisher.
I would like to have the multi-purpose fire extinguisher. It would be nice to have on in our home.
PET SAFETY ALERT 234001 2-Count Static Cling Window Decal for Pets
I run a pet services business from my home…this is ideal for me!
I would like to give the hot headz fire blanket to my sister’s family b/c it is a fire protection item that most people don’t think of!
I would like to get the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot because my grand daughters bedrooms are on the second floor and this would be essential for them to get out of their window in a fire.
I would like the Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC
I’d like to get the Kidde-FA110-Purpose-Extinguisher. We could definitely use one in our home.
I’d like the 2 story escape ladder because all our bedrooms are on the second floor