| Do you have a fire protection system in place in case | | | | in case you do have a fire. Hotels and restaurants all |
| of a fire in your own home? Here's a statistic that he | | | | have escape routes for their patrons to get out in |
| may not be aware of. Did you know that several | | | | case of a fire. It's not a bad idea for you to do the |
| hundred thousand homes are affected by fire in the | | | | same thing in your home. |
| United States alone. This results in thousands of | | | | 4. Did you know that most home fires started by kids? |
| deaths and several thousand more injuries. | | | | One way to prevent that is to keep them out of reach |
| Because a fire can break out at any time and usually | | | | of anything that's flammable and can start a fire. You |
| does when you least expect it, you need to have a | | | | should also keep portable fire extinguishers strategically |
| plan in place and what you're going to do in case of a | | | | placed throughout your home to help extinguish a fire if |
| fire in your own home. This is more than just having an | | | | one was to break out. |
| alarm system to warn you of a fire. We are talking | | | | 5. We haven't mentioned smoke detectors, yet, but it is |
| about things you can do to get yourself prepared in | | | | a good idea to keep a one in every room in your |
| case of a fire. | | | | home. You can hire electrician to come and install |
| 1. When is the last time you conducted a fire drill in | | | | those for you where you can buy them and install |
| your own home? Schools, commercial buildings, and | | | | them yourself. |
| people in the work place will periodically conduct fire | | | | 6. It is very common for you to call a plumber to check |
| drills just to help make sure they are prepared. So why | | | | your water heater or heating and cooling contractor |
| not do this in your own! | | | | come out and check your air-conditioner. When was |
| 2. If you're going to be going out of town, or away | | | | the last time you had an electrician come out and |
| from your home for an extended period of time, be | | | | inspect your power box? How about to look over the |
| sure and unplug all appliances from electrical outlets. | | | | wiring and outlets in your home? They can do just to |
| Because we live in a society which has so many | | | | put your mind at ease that you are not at risk for an |
| electrical appliances is very easy to overload an outlet | | | | electrical fire. |
| with things like television and other house appliances. It | | | | This is six things you can do to help create a fire |
| is important to make sure you're not overloading any | | | | protection system for your own. You'll never totally be |
| one outlet. | | | | able to fireproof your home. These six things can help |
| 3. One thing you can do is put together an escape plan | | | | eliminate as many possible risks for fire as possible. |