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What Do You Know About Fire Safety?

Test your knowledge about keeping your home and loved ones safe from fire. Do you know.... (match the answer with the question.)

• how often to test home smoke alarm batteries?
• where to keep matches?
• the two main causes of house fires?
• what to do if your clothing catches fire?
• when not to use water on a fire?
• where to install smoke alarms?
• the best way to leave a burning or smoke-filled building?

1. crawling on hands and knees
2. a grease or electrical fire
3. on every floor
4. once a month
5. out of reach of children
6. smoking and faulty electrical insulation
7. stop, drop, and roll

(Answers: 4,5,6,7,2,3,1)

Your Home Fire Safety Program

Plan Ahead

1. Install smoke alarms on every floor. Test them monthly and replace batteries annually.
2. Get a class ABC multipurpose fire extinguisher. Keep it charged and practice using it.
3. Teach your family an escape route - how to get out of each room and where to meet outside. Have practice fire drills.
4. Demonstrate the "stop, drop, and roll" technique and leaving on all fours.

Practice Prevention

1. Never smoke in bed.
2. Never empty ashtrays right before bed.
3. Never overload electrical units.
4. Keep matches away from young children.
5. Keep you house clean and free of debris.
6. Clean your fireplace chimney at least once a year.
7. Keep curtains away from heat sources such as stoves and heaters.

If There's A Few

1. Get everyone out immediately.
2. Call the fire department from outside the house.
3. Never go back inside a burning building.