Also called: Also called: Fire prevention
Preventing fires is an important part of fire safety. In the United States, cooking is the main cause of home fires. Cigarettes are a big risk too - they are the leading cause of fire deaths. Here are some fire safety do's and don'ts.
- Don't leave the stove or oven unattended when they are on.
- Don't let children use kitchen appliances unsupervised.
- Don't smoke in bed.
- Do make sure your smoke alarms work.
- Do have fire extinguishers on every floor and in your kitchen.
- Do have an escape plan.
- Do make sure your electrical appliances and cords are in good condition.
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Fire(American Red Cross) - http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_584_,00.html
Also available in Spanish http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/foreignmat/resfispn.html
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Fire Safety(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/fire.html
Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/seguridad/fire_esp.html
- Your Home Fire Safety Checklist(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/556.html
- Reductions in Smoking Show Promise for Reducing Home Fire Deaths(08/08/2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080808.htm
- Bedroom Fire Safety(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/bedroom.shtm
- Campus and Dormitory Fires(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=711&itemID=19560
- Candles(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=638
- Electrical Safety in the Home(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=288&itemID=19198
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Fire Safety Topics(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/
Also available in Spanish http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/espanol/
- Gas, Propane, Other Fuels(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=248
- Heating Fire Safety(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/heating/
- Holiday Fire Safety(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/holiday-seasonal/holiday.shtm
- Rural Fire Prevention(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/rural/
- Smoking Material-Related Fires(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=294&itemID=19303
- Fire Extinguishers(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=277&itemID=18264
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Fire Safety for People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/disability/fswy22.shtm
Also available in Spanish http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/espanol/fswy22-sp.pdf
- Fire Safety for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=289&itemID=18364
- Home Escape Planning(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=393
- Household Extension Cords Can Cause Fires(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5032.html
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Live Safely in Your Manufactured Home(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/manufactured/safehome.shtm
Also available in Spanish http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/espanol/audiences/manufactured.shtm
- Portable Fire Extinguishers(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/portable.html
- Residential Sprinkler Systems(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/sprinklers/
- Smoke Alarms(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/alarms/
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Fire Safety at Home
(Healthy Roads Media) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/english/Files/flv/engfiresafety.htm
- USFA's Kid Page(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Fires
(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Fires%22
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: The ABCs of inspecting dry chemical fire extinguishers. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18457205&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Responding to a fire emergency. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18431203&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: The selection of skin care products for use in hyperbaric... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18349735&tool=MedlinePlus
- Fire Safety -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=safety[mh]+OR+safety+management[mh]+AND+(fires[majr]+OR+burns,inhalation[majr]+OR+smoke+inhalation+injury[majr]+OR+fires/pc[majr]+OR+flame+retardants[majr])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+3+Years&tool=MedlinePlus
- Consumer Product Safety Commission - http://www.cpsc.gov/
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/
- National Fire Protection Association - http://www.nfpa.org/
- United States Fire Administration - https://www.usfa.dhs.gov/
- Fire Safety Publications(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/fire_sfy.html
- Overall Fire Picture - 2007(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/statistics/quickstats/
- U.S. Fire Loss for 2007(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/publicJournalDetail.asp?categoryID=1674&itemID=40244&src=NFPAJournal
- U.S. Fire Problem(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=953
- Sparky the Fire Dog(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.sparky.org/
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Teaching Children Fire Safety(United States Fire Administration) - https://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/parents/curious.shtm
Also available in Spanish http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/espanol/fswy1-sp.pdf
- What to Do in a Fire(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/er/fire_safety.html
- Fire Safety Lasts a Lifetime: Fire Safety for Older Adults and Their Caregivers(United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/older/caregivers.shtm
- Nursing Home Safety(National Fire Protection Association) - http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=809&itemID=20757
- Burns - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/burns.html
- Fires - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fires.html
- Safety Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safetyissues.html
Fire Safety - Multiple Languages - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/firesafety.html