Use the following checklist as a guide to help protect your home and family from fires and burns.

___Have you identified and remedied anything in your home that could interfere with your ability to get out quickly in an emergency including windows that are stuck, heavy furniture blocking an exit and broken and dangerous locks?

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Has the flue pipe been cleaned recently? If 1/8 “to ¼” of creosote has built up anywhere in the total chimney system, the chimney should be cleaned. Is the wood being used DRY- wood that is not completely dried will cause more creosote to build up in your flue pipes causing more fires? Read the rest of this entry »

A home escape plan must be created and practiced so that each person knows exactly what to do. It also is important to practice Exit Drills In The Home.

Most residential fires occur between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Deaths from residential fires occur in greater numbers between midnight and 4 a.m. when most people are asleep. An average of 800 fires strike residential buildings each day in the United States. More than 6,500 persons die each year from fire - more than half of them children and senior citizens. The majority of these deaths are in home fires.

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