Our Top Fire Safety Tips to Protect Your Home | SERVPRO® of Cedar Mill/Oak Hills

9/4/2020 (Permalink)

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Experiencing a house fire is never something that is on someone’s agenda, but they happen more often than you might think. A small fire can quickly start to spread and turn dangerous, taking under a minute in a lot of scenarios. Taking a proactive fire safety approach is key for making sure you are reducing your chances of ever having to deal with a house fire in your own home.

Fortunately, implementing fire safety in your household is about planning ahead and generally developing good habits to prevent it from becoming an issue. By being proactive, you can significantly mitigate the fire risk throughout your household.

How Can I Take a Proactive Fire Safety Approach?

Check your smoke detectors. If you never consider the smoke detectors in your home, now is the time to start. Smoke detectors should be installed throughout the home and be tested every 30 days to make sure they do not have defects. Many models are designed to have 10-year batteries now, but if yours begins chirping, make sure you replace the batteries right away to keep it operational.

Create a fire escape plan. If the smoke detectors do go off, it is important that everyone in your home knows what comes next and how to escape safely. A fire escape should take two minutes or less to execute. Be certain that every room has at least two exits, that every family knows how to quickly get out of the home and designate a spot for you to all reconvene outside to check in.

Limit your fire risks. There are many ways to get into the habit of fire safety to lessen your overall fire risk profile. There are many things you can do around the home to prevent fires, such as always supervising candles or open flames, never leaving the room while the oven is on and not overloading your electrical outlets with heat-producing appliances.

Keep a fire extinguisher handy. Though there are many fires that will immediately be too large to use a fire extinguisher on, if there is a small and contained fire, knowing how to use one can keep a small issue from becoming a large one. A working fire extinguisher should be installed in the kitchen and any other high-risk areas, and you and your family members should all be familiar with how to use it.

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