Fire Prevention & Safety in the House - Tips and Tricks
Waking up on fire at home is a scary thing. Number of deaths has been acknowledged every year, and you need to take prevention and precautions for the safety of the family. Awareness is necessary about this topic, not only awareness but some tips to follow for safety measures. You must know to take action when any accident occurs. Here are some tips to help you on how to overcome the burning house.
Plan to escape with family if the house is on fire
The fire spread within no second so your mind must be working at that time to escape with your family as fire alarm starts making a sound. Get out of the home as soon as you can before the fire reaches you. It would be best if you once did fire escape practice to educate your children how to react when the alarm buzzes.
Teach Fire safety measures to children
Aware your children about safety if a fire takes over at some other place and they are without parents.
- Never allow your children to play with candles, lighters, match sticks and other fire containing stuff.
- Take them to the firehouse to educate about fire safety by firefighters.
- Teach your children to never hide in the wardrobe, under the bed or any closet if fire catches the home.
It is better to take precautions than regretting after. Misfortune does not inform before coming, so we have to be strong and careful to face any incident if it happens.
Fire Extinguishers
A fire extinguisher is necessary to have at home, but you should know how to use at the time of the fire, and it is only used for a small fire. Every house must have this and place this in alarming areas, especially in the kitchen and car porch. There is no rocket science to perceive how it works, but still, you must know because most of the people do not aware of its use even they have fire extinguishers at their home.
- Firstly recognize immediately whether you can control the fire or if the smoke has taken over the room, escape from the house with your family
- Stand in a position to protect yourself with back if there is any need to get out of the room
- Pull out the pin of fire extinguisher
- Spot the nozzle of firebase and hit the place from where the flame is erupting
- Press the trigger with control, so it releases the agent and sweeps from the sides
- Keep aiming the fire until it goes off
Maintain your living
Keep checking all the electrical cords every month to have a safe life. Look if anything needs to repair or change, do it at the moment. Before going to bed, watch out kitchen stoves, iron switch, TV or internet plugins are in safe mode or any stuff regarding electric wires. Do not put any wire under carpet or rug and if you are not using then switch off the button and plug out all cables.
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