Even Controlled Fires Cause Some Damage

Even Controlled Fires Cause Some Damage

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All fires will cause some damage, from the small fire of your candle to the lightning from a storm that can form from any one of the number of storms that happen in our country each year. Some of these fires you can prevent by installing certain items in your homes or apartments to help you avoid these certain types of fires from getting started. If one would happen to start with this first warning, you might have some time to try to put it out yourself.

If you would happen to have a fire start in your kitchen, you could try to put it out with water or flour. Flour will smother out a small fire if the fire is farther from a source of water. If there are two of you in the kitchen, one might grab the bag of flour while the other is getting the water and the use of both of these will put out this fire. But this will only work for small fires. Any bigger and this method won't work. If you have a fire start from a fire outside the home like to the top of your roof, then the best thing to do is get everyone out of the home and call the fire department and let them put out this fire.

If you own a factory or an apartment building or even a large building with several different businesses in it, you will need to have fire alarms, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and any other device on the market that could help you detect a fire or help prevent one or even to just alert someone of a fire that might be in the building so that they can at least get out of harm's way.

If you happen to become trapped in a fire, remember to stop, drop, and roll to safety. Never put your nose flat to the floor if you have carpets on the floor as this carpet will hold all of the toxic fumes from the smoke of this fire. If you were to have a fire at night and your detector goes off, never try to bolt upwards as this might be the last thing you are allowed to do. All of this smoke at once will surely make you pass out, making it impossible for you to get out. Always have an escape plan set to help you all get out alive. Do some escape drills to help you all remember where to meet. If you have children, try to make this a game to them so that it will help them remember.


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