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2008 Fire Prevention Week |
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Your home should be a safe haven. But do you regularly check for home fire hazards? If not, there is the potential for danger. Fire departments responded to nearly 400,000 home fires in 2006. That’s why the theme of Fire Prevention Week 2008 is “It’s Fire Prevention Week: Prevent Home Fires!”
From October 5-11, 2008, fire safety advocates will spread the word to their communities that, with a little extra caution, preventing the leading causes of home fires – cooking, heating, electrical and smoking-materials – is within their power.
In the video below, watch Dan Doofus go through his check list of safety items in the home.
Check out more Dan Doofus flicks on youtube and then download  Dan Doofus Home Safety Checklist 643.19 Kb that you can use in your own home.
Here are some more safety tips to check in your home.
Safety in the kitchen
- Remind grown-ups to stay in the kitchen when cooking. Keep things that can burn (potholders, towels, and paper) away from the stove.
- Stay three feet away from the stove when a grown-up is cooking.
Electrical check-up
- Help grown-ups check electrical cords to make sure they are not damaged.
Heating Reminders
- Remind grown-ups to keep space heaters 3 feet from anything that can burn.
- Grown-ups should always turn off space heaters every time they leave the room and before going to bed.
- Remind grown-ups never to use an oven to heat your home.
Match and lighter safety
- Tell a grown-up if you find matches or lighters
- Grown-ups should keep matches and lighters in a locked cabinet.
Candle caution
- Remind grown-ups to put out lit candles when they leave a room.
- Stay 3 feet away from burning candles.
Safety smart grown-up reminders
- Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside each bedroom and outside each sleeping area.
- Test smoke alarms once a month.
- Replace smoke alarms every 10 years.
- Make a home fire escape plan with your family.
- Find two ways out of every room and an outside meeting place.
- Know the emergency number for your fire department.
- Practice your escape plan twice a year.
- When the smoke alarm sounds, get out and stay out!
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