FIRE PREVENTION-
Did you know that-
* A fire doubles in size every thirty seconds?
* You lose your sense of smell while you're sleeping?
* Cooking incidents account for nearly 60% of all fires in a residential environment?
* Hot oil or grease is largely responsible for most cooking fires?
PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL !
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Don't leave cooking appliances unattended and don't walk away from any meal preparation during the cooking process.
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Keep all flammable items such as paper and cloth products and aerosol containers away from cooking areas.
In many instances, preparing food items can be accomplished over moderate heat in partially-covered cookware. This also controls the amount of steam or smoke that is produced. Food continues to cook after it is removed from the heat source. Simply keep it covered!!
If a cooking incident creates excessive smoke conditions-
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Vent area by opening a nearby window, not the apartment door.
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Invest in a small fan to draw smoke toward the open window.
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If smoke fills the entire room, cover your nose and mouth with a wet towel or cloth and exit room staying low to the floor.
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Close the door behind you to confine smoke to that area only.
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When exiting a smoke-filled building, move to the windward side.
For additional information on fire safety, contact Environmental Health and Safety Officer Pat Norton at nortonp1 or go to usfa.dhs.gov .
