June 12th, 2011
How much do you know about fire safety? Grab your family and find out together. This fun quiz will help you understand where the fire dangers are in your home, and what you can do to help your family turn your house into a fire smart home.
First, cover the bottom answers,and then write down your answer and compare.
- Kids can cook alone without asking permission? T or F
- Fire is loud, hot and smoky? T or F
- When escaping a fire, crawl on the floor under the smoke? T or F
- Never go back inside a burning building. T or F
- If your clothing catches fire, stop, drop and roll. T or F
- Smoke alarms tell you about fires you may not see. T or F
- Take your time when escaping a fire. T or F
- Always call the Fire Department from home. T or F
Answer Sheet
- False – Always get your parent’s permission before doing anything in the kitchen.
- True – The temperature of fire is over 1,200 degrees and produces a lot of smoke.
- True – Crawl as low as possible to the floor to escape the smoke.
- True – Get out and stay out. Never go back into a burning building.
- True – Remember to stop, drop and roll to prevent skin burns.
- True – Smoke alarms can detect fires long before you can.
- False – Get out of your house as fast as you can.
- False – Call the fire department after you are safely out of the house from a neighbor’s home or cell phone.
For more fire safety tips, view:
Sleepover Fire Safety Checklist for Families
When You Are Away, Are Your Children Fire Safe?
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June 10th, 2011
Fire Safety for All would like to encourage families to prevent kitchen fires — usually caused by unattended cooking — by using the following basic safety measures.
1. Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen, even for a short period of time, turn off the stove.
2. If you are simmering, baking, roasting, or boiling food, check it regularly; make certain someone is paying attention while the food is cooking and use a timer to remind you that food is cooking.
3. Stay alert, which can’t happen if you’re sleepy, have taken medicine or drugs, or consumed alcohol that makes you drowsy.
4. Keep anything that can catch fire — potholders, wooden utensils, food wrappers, towels or curtains — away from your stovetop.
5. Make sure long sleeves and scarves are out of the way when cooking.
6. Have a kid-free zone of at least three feet around the stove and areas where hot food or drink is prepared or carried.
7. Never hold a child while cooking, drinking or carrying hot foods or liquids.
8. Turn the handles of pots and pans on the stove inward to avoid accidents.
9. Keep pets off cooking surfaces and nearby countertops to prevent them from knocking things onto the burner.
10. Test your smoke alarms by pushing the test button. Do not unplug if you’re frying food. Replace batteries if you can’t remember the last time you changed them.
For more information of cooking fire safety, view:
How to Prevent Thanksgiving Cooking Fires
Outdoor Grilling Fire Safety Tips
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