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Fire Prevention
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There are many things a household can do to practice good fire prevention. Below are links to various topics related to emergency situations.
Paying attention to these safety guidelines could save you or the lives of your family members and pets.
A working smoke alarm cuts in half your risk of dying in a residential fire. Experts estimate you have as little as two minutes to safely escape your home once the smoke alarm sounds.
Follow these guidelines for smoke alarms:
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless, tasteless and invisible gas. Signs of CO poisoning include headache, nausea, fatigue, vomiting and disorientation. Cooking and heating units that burn fuel and are not properly ventilated or malfunction, can be a source of CO in the home.
Follow these practices to protect your family from carbon monoxide poisoning:
Last year in Minnesota, the leading cause of structure fires was cooking. Cooking fires caused nearly $6 million in damage last year in MN.
The top two factors in cooking fires were unattended equipment and combustibles too close to a heat source.
Follow these guidelines to prevent cooking fires:
Most grill fires start because something that could burn was too close to the grill. Most grill fires are started by gas grills, not charcoal grills.
Be sure to check the gas tank hose on propane grills for leaks before using them for the first time.
Follow these guidelines to prevent grill fires:
More than 80% of families have not practiced home fire drills. Experts estimate you have as little as two minutes to safely escape your home once the smoke alarm sounds.
Follow these guidelines when making your escape plan:
