Fire Prevention Month

9/27/2024 (Permalink)

Stay prepared and stay safe. Fire safety should be practiced regularly.

October is just around the corner, and it is also Fire Prevention Month. October is the perfect time to examine your family's emergency preparedness plans for your home as well as your business. Also look into the status of your fire escape plan. Practice your escape plan regularly. It's a good idea to learn at least two ways out of every room and be sure all doors and windows that could be used to exit the room are open easily and are free of clutter and debris.

Look for places within your home fires could potentially start. Identify possible fire hazards and safely take care of them. Be sure to have a safe outside meeting space in the event of an emergency evacuation.

And as always, don't forget to check your smoke detectors and test them periodically. Get used to the noise they make. This is also a good time to check your fire extinguishers.

It's always a good idea to prepare for a fire emergency before it happens. Stay prepared and stay safe.