Home Hazards
Prevention is the best tool in keeping your family safe. By looking at your living space with a critical eye, you may stop a problem before it starts. Use the exercise below to learn what to look for to help prevent a fire from starting. This is a good activity to use with kids, too! cc
Prevention is always the best way to keep your family safe. . To help you find the potential hazards in your home, let's go on a trip with the Abby and Julia Simpson as they look for safety hazards in their home. "Hunting for Home Safety with the Simpsons" Click on the link below and walk through the Simpson house with Abby and Julia Simpson as the family looks for potential fire hazards. (This exercise is part of the National Fire Protection Association homepage www.sparky.org.)
(Or go to http://www.sparky.org/simpson_hunt/hazards_1.html )
The National Fire Protection Association has assembled a Home Safety Checklist for your family's use. Use it to grade your home's safety potential. Click here to open Home Fire Safety Checklist. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.)
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Another great resource for checking out home safety is the “Your Home Fire Safety Checklist” published by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. This comprehensive booklet is available on line and covers a wide variety of safety tips that will keep your family safer from common causes of home fires.
Fire Extinguishers 101 has a great listing of safety tips for your home. (http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/hazards.html ).
