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 will go with the fire escape ladder since safety should be on all levels
I would get the Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot. We could use it for our upstairs.
I’d like to get a good fire extinguisher – I have one in my kitchen but it’s so old it probably doesn’t work anytmore.
I would think to get a Kidde KL-2S Two-Story Fire Escape Ladder with Anti-Slip Rungs, 13-Foot because we have 2 stories.
PET SAFETY ALERT 234001 2-Count Static Cling Window Decal for Pets
to let the firefighters that I have a pet
I’d get the escape ladder for our upstairs bedrooms
The Fire Gone is the way to go – the next best thing to an industrial fire extinguisher. 🙂
I would like to have the Fire Safety Night Light because it works with any brand wired or battery or smoke, fire or C02 alarm. I LOVE the idea of a night light that will work during a power outage AND shine brightly when fire alarms go off.
I like the Seatbelt Cutter Window Breaker Escape (Dark Orange) because that could come in handy in you needed it.
I’d love to get some of the multi purpose fire extinguishers. I have one here now but it’s pretty old so I need some new ones for other rooms.
The Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC looks great because it would be easy to handle.
the foot escape ladder,since I live in a 2 story house
I would like to get the escape mask. We have smoke detectors and our house is only one floor so a ladder is not a huge concern but a mask would be a great help for my family and for myself so that we do not have to breathe in a lot of smoke and chemicals.
I would like the two story fire escape ladder to keep upstairs because that’s where my daughters’ bedrooms’ are.
always keep working fire detectors in every room
I would like to get the SentrySafe 500 FIRE-SAFE Box, 0.16 Cubic Feet, Black!
I need a new fire extinguisher for the kitchen.
I would like a 2 story fire escape ladder because my greatest concern is being trapped on the 2nd floor.
Hot Headz Fire Blanket, 36 x 36-Inch in case we need to cover ourselves
I would get the pet safety alert decals