Alaska Home Fire Safety

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Alaska Home Fire Safety

• Mahlon Greene
• Public Education Coordinator
• Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety
• www.akburny.com
• [phone]

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Home Safety SurveyOutside

• Fire Wise?
• Hazards
• Egress
• Exposures
• Dangers to Firefighters

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Home Safety SurveyKitchen

• GFI/AFI outlets near sinks
• Keep combustibles away from stove
• Smoke alarms not recommended

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Home Safety SurveyKitchen

• Fire extinguisher mounted near exit
• Portable appliances unplugged when not in use
• Check for overloaded outlets

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Home Safety SurveyLiving Room

• Check for overloaded outlets
• Combustibles too close to heat source
• Smoke alarms

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Home Safety SurveyLiving Room

• Clutter can hamper egress and cause fire to grow
  rapidly
• Check smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms

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Home Safety SurveyLiving Room

• Check for overloaded outlets
• Check home entertainment center
• Check computer area
• Install Fire Safe surge strip

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Home Safety SurveyBedrooms

• Bedding and combustibles away from heat source
• Two ways out
• Smoke alarm
• No candles
• Escape ladder?

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Home Safety SurveyGarage or Shop

• Store gasoline and other flammable liquids in
  special locker or outside
• Keep exits clear
• Dont run vehicles without proper ventilation
• Check for overloaded electrical outlets

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Cooking Safety

• Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and
  fire injuries.
• 1 in 8 households will have a cooking fire each
  year.
• The leading cause of kitchen fires is unattended
  cooking.

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Keep things that can catch fire away from heat.

• Keep things that can catch fire away from your
  stovetop!
• Things that can catch fire include
• potholders and oven mitts
• bags and boxes
• towels and curtains
• Dont store things that can catch fire in or near
  an oven, microwave oven, or toaster oven!

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Know what to do if you have a cooking fire.
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Know what to do if you have a cooking fire.

• Small grease fire confined to a pan on the
  burner.
• Keep an oven mitt and lid that fits the pan
  nearby when you cook.
• Wearing your oven mitt, smother the fire by
  carefully sliding the lid over the pan.
• Turn off the burner.
• Do not move the pan.
• Keep lid on until pan is completely cool.

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Keep kids away from the cooking area

• Have a kid-free zone of 3 feet around
• the stove
• areas where hot food or drink is prepared, placed
  or carried
• Never hold a child while cooking, drinking or
  carrying hot foods or liquids.

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Smoke Alarms

• Install smoke alarms
• In each sleeping room.
• Outside each sleeping area.
• On every level of your home.
• Photo-electric vs. Ionization

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Carbon Monoxide Alarms

• Install Carbon Monoxide Alarms
• On each floor
• In hall near sleeping area
• In hall leading to attached garage
• Close to furnace room