When summer comes, the temperature begins to rise causing you to get irritated. When it is becoming too hot, we tend to fan ourselves or switch the electric fans or air conditioner into its maximum. Aside from grabbing thirst quenchers, we do a lot of things during summer that could alter our focus eventually compromising our safety.
As you may notice it, fire usually occurs during summer. While our government encourage everyone to take heed of fire prevention and safety precautions, there are some who take these for granted.
As little spark could develop into a massive fire that could burn a lot of properties and even lives, it pays that one should know what to do when a fire starts at home or how to prevent this.
When fire starts at home, you have at least a little of time to escape from its danger. Most of the recorded fire deaths occur at homes, this means that every home owners should be particular of the fire hazards.
Fire Safety Tips
- Secure fire escape plan and discuss it with all household members and eventually practice it twice a year.
- If smoke alarms are available, make sure they are working by testing it every month.
- If the fire persisted and occurred in your home, immediately Go out and call for help
- Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.
Here are the STEPS that you can take now to prevent a home fire.
- There are some things inside your home that could easily catch a fire. Be sure to keep them away from anything that gets hot such as electrical appliances and stoves.
- Remind your children always about the dangers of fire. And keep matches and lighters out of reach.
- Don’t smoke inside your home.
- Before leaving the room or your house, be sure you turn odd the electrical appliances and plug off the chargers if in case you are planning to leave it till the next day.
What composes your Escape Plan:
- When the fire can no longer be put off using your water or fire extinguisher, immediately follow your house escape plan. If the doors were close, immediately find another way out or try to break the knobs.
- Get under the smoke by crawling if it becomes heavy while trying to find your exit points.
- Make sure that every member of your household knows the escape plan especially in every room of your home. Include a safe meeting place outside your home for a count.
- If there are injuries, include hospitals where you could immediately bring the patient. Before so, wash the small wounds with soap and water to prevent infection then use bandages.
- Be sure you know exactly what to do during fire by staying calm and giving yourself a right pace so you could find yourself in the position.
- Plan out if the fire department could easily enter your home or provide them entrance anywhere in your fences or walls.
Fire is very dangerous and it could almost be unstoppable especially during summer if we don’t take precautions. It pays that you become responsible against fire for the safety in general. Enjoy your summer without compromising your family’s safety against fire. We hope those tips are helpful.
Source: http://www.redcross.org/