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Topic: House Fires & Your Safety

Tincup
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
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PLEASE! Stop reading right now and go check the batteries in your smoke detectors. Then come back to read more.

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

A Baltimore, MD family recently lost 6 of their 9 children in a house fire. So tragic and unbelievably sad.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/01/12/3-children-hospitalized-after-baltimore-house-fire/

It has been reported in the news the 3 story house had only one smoke detector. My heart sank to the floor when I read that.

In an effort to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again PLEASE act now. As sick patients we are typically slower than the average person and this is so important if we want as much warning as possible.

Although I over do it with smoke detectors and have at least two to three times as many as needed, I just went and checked mine and two were not functioning at all!

Hard for ME to believe as tight and rigid as I am about my smoke detectors (being a firefighter makes me more aware I guess) that I missed that before now.

And PLEASE do it right. Be sure there are enough smoke detectors and they are hung in the right places. PLEASE take a minute to read more about it. The life you save may be your own.

http://www.nfpa.org/public-education/by-topic/smoke-alarms/installing-and-maintaining-smoke-alarms

Thank you!

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BartHeart
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Member # 49759

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This is a great reminder. Also, firefighters in some towns do free chimney inspections, it's so important esp. before winter hits and people use fireplaces more often. Some electricians take fairly inexpensive fees for an electrical safety inspection too.

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Keebler
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Member # 12673

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Some rechargeable products . . . and those with tiny batteries can also catch fire on their own.

Even some baby monitors, flameless candles and "vape" e-cigarettes. Do a search on any you have and always set them in fireproof surface away from any curtains, etc.

And some cell phones, too.

I had a rechargeable electric drill that plugged in to charge and it just melted. Anything that plugs into the wall for a recharge - also me mindful that it can cause a fire hazard. Place in fireproof surface, away from anything that could catch fire.
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Lymetoo
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Thanks .. ours are checked twice a year.

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Tincup
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Great tips! Thanks very much for adding to it and helping others be more safe.

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