Fire Safety

Smoke Alarms: How to Install and Maintain Them Your chances of dying in a fire are cut in half if you have a working smoke alarm. The majority of states require smoke alarms to be used in both new and existing homes, and more than 90 percent of ...

Stopping Fires Before They Start Baby, It's Cold Outside When the temperature falls outside, the heat comes on inside. Most of the fires caused by central heating, fireplaces, wood stoves, and supplemental heaters are due to human error and are ...

Clearing the Smoke After a Fire In the Nick of Time The smell of smoke can overwhelm you, especially if you're working in a small area. Using a room deodorizer can help you breathe a bit easier while you're working. Or buy some dried eucalyptus...

Household Fire Hazards Each of the following scenarios illustrates situations that can happen in just about any home. All were taken from real-life stories. One or both of us have experienced more than one of them as well. Light at the Top Ther...

Electrical Fires Tool Chest Fixed wiring is the permanent wiring in the walls of a structure that connects things like wall sockets and light fixtures to a power source. Renovations—especially the do-it-yourself kind—are a leading cause of...

Keep Your Chimney Clean Keeping chimneys clean is the other key step in preventing chimney fires. If you don't use your fireplace very often, or you just moved, you might not know whether your chimney is clean or not. The following signs indicat...

How to Build a Fire Lots of people build fires, but many people don't know how to build good fires. Doing it right is essential for keeping chimneys in good working order. To understand why, it helps to know how wood burns: In the beginning stag...

Preventing Chimney Fires A Fine Mess Chimney fires are often dramatic events, with flames and cinders leaping high enough to come to the attention of neighbors and passersby. But they're not all like this. They can also burn quite slowly if the...

Preventing Kitchen Fires In the Nick of Time If your local fire department offers home fire-hazard assessments, sign up for one. Professionals often spot things that others take for granted. If you're like most people, you've seen and heard mes...

Fire SafetyTime 15 to 20 minutes Materials PaperA pencil or pen Directions Contact your local fire department, or check the Web for information about home fire safety.Talk about what you learn as it applies to your home. Extensions Practice a fir...

It's advisable to keep your children away from cigarette smoke as best you can. ...