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Smoke Detector
Smoke detectors that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing injury and death from fire. Smoke often spreads before flames. With proper smoke detectors, they can help give you the time needed to get out of your home during a fire. Smoke detectors save lives.
Smoke Detector Information
Smoke detectors can give you early detection of fire and allow you and your loved ones to exit your home safety incase of a fire. Smoke detector safety sheet provided by the NFPA.
Fire Extinguisher
A fire extinguisher can be used to put out small fires in order to keep them from becoming large fires. Fire extinguishers are not required in homes but it is highly recommended to add to your fire preparedness. They should be placed in areas of easy access like in normal paths of travel and should be made visible or have some sort of indication that there is a fire extinguisher.
Fire Extinguisher Information
A fire extinguisher is a handy tool to have around the house incase of a fire. It can stop a fire quickly in its tracks before it can spread. A downloadable tips sheet, provided by the NFPA, can be found here.
Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Carbon Monoxie (CO) detectors are a key assest for homeowners safety preparedness. They are becoming more popular in homes, but not everyone knows what they are and how they work. The following section gives you an outline as to what CO detectors are, how they work, and how you can benefit from them.
Carbon Monoxide Detector Information
Carbon Monoxide is considered a silent killer. You cannot smell is and if you do not have a detector you will have no idea its there. A downloadable tips sheet provided by the NFPA, can be found here.
Emergency House Numbers
It is important that during an emergency, you are able to be found. You need to make sure your home is properly labeled, it is visible from the road and from other direction. The last thing you want during an emergency is to not be able to be found.
Emergency House Number Program
Essex County has designed a sign program to allow people who may not be able to afford an emergency house number to have access to them.
Fire Safety
Fire safety should be something that is practiced and talked about often in your household. A constant reminder of hazards that exist is a good way to be prepared and to help avoid emergencies.
Fire Safety Program
Kidde is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of fire safety products. Each day, they work to expand upon providing advanced solutions to protect people and property from fire and related hazards. Kidde has a section of their website designated to different steps that can be taken to protect your family incase of an emergency.
Space Heater Safety
Many homes in the north country utilize a multitude of different types of heating systems in the winter. It is important to know the proper way to use these different heating systems, one being a space heater.
Space Heater Safety Tips
Consumer Reports have created an article dedicated to the proper use of space heaters. In the article you can find the proper way to use a space heater, top space heaters of the year, and safety features to look for when purchasing a space heater.
Maintaining a Wood Stove
When prepping for winter, it's necessary to ensure that your wood stove and fire place are ready to be used. Maintaining your fireplace regularly will ensure that it operates in the safest manner possible. Proper maintenance can also help prevent chimney fires.
Top 10 Tips to Maintain a Wood Stove
Top 10 tips for maintaining a wood burning fire place including tips on using and maintaining a fireplace along with different elements of fire places.
Fire Place Safety
If you have a wood burning fire place in your home you should know the proper ways to use and maintain said fire place. This includes cleaning down to the different features of the fireplace. Improper use of a fireplace or lack of knowledge on how to maintain a fireplace can lead to a fire hazard.
Fire Place Maintenance
Here is what a homeowner needs to know about how much it costs to maintain a fire place and how often to do it, along with other tips on owning a fire place.
Electrical Safety
Electricity can help make the lives of people easier, but it can also pose a potential hazard. May is National Electrical Safety Month, which is an annual campaign sponsored by the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) that raises awareness of potential electrical hazards in the home and how important electrical safety is.
Electrical Safety in the Home
There are many forms of potential fire hazards in the home. The NFPA has gathered information of different types of electrical hazards and how to prevent these hazards in the home.
Dryer Safety
An appliance that exists in the home that most people don't see as a potential fire hazard is the dryer. The dryer, when not taken care of properly can pose a potential fire hazard. The U.S. Fire Administration has collected information on dryers, their hazards, and was to help prevent fires.
Emergency House Number Program
The leading cause of dryer fires is failure to clean them. Help increase awareness of dryer fires in your community with the information provided by the U.S. Fire Administration which can be found below.