Home Fire Safety

HOME SAFETY TIPS

Below find tips to make your home and family more safe in the event of fire. These tips are not intended to make you a firefighter, only to give you the safest home possible. In the event of Fire, protect your family and call 911.

KITCHEN SAFETY

A BC rated fire extinguisher is located safely within reach in the kitchen and adults know how to use it on a small contained fire only. In the event of a large fire, make your way out of the home and call 911. Most important is to ensure the safety of your family. 2. Food is never left unattended on the stove, in the oven or microwave. 3. When cooking, a lid is kept nearby so if the pot catches fire, you can carefully slide the lid over the pot and shut off the stove.

In the event of a power failure make sure to turn your stove off.

LIVING ROOMS

Homes with wood/oil burning or natural gas appliances, such as furnaces, hot water heaters, fireplaces, cooking stoves, grilles and kerosene heaters have at least one Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm located near bedrooms. 2. All electrical cords are in good condition, without cracks or frayed areas. 3. All fireplaces are equipped with sturdy metal or glass screens.

BEDROOMS

Smoke alarms are installed outside sleeping areas and inside bedrooms for people who sleep with the door closed. 2. Lit candles are never left unattended. 3. An emergency escape ladder is kept in bedrooms on the second level.

OVERALL HOUSE

1. At least one smoke alarm is located on every level of the home.

2. You have both photoelectric and ionization smoke alarms in your home for maximum protection.

3. Smoke alarms are tested at least once a month according to manufacturer's instructions.

4. Smoke alarms more than 10 years old have been replaced.

ESCAPE PLANNING

1. The family has prepared and practised a home fire escape plan.

2. Everyone in the home knows what to do once a fire starts and have determined who will help children and older adults.

3. Everyone knows two ways out of each area of the house.