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1. Importance of Fire
Safety in Your Home
The temperatures are at an all-time low yet again. Your house feels unpleasantly cold, not to
mention uninhabitable. So to keep it warmer and liveable again, you turn on your stove and the
heat gets cracked up. Many people are oblivious to the dangers they expose themselves and
their homes to when the fireplace, heater and stove are on full blast. To be safe, it’s important
that you maintain fire safety. You cannot overstate the importance of fire protection in a home.
To protect you (your loved ones) and your home from fire, you need to employ the use of tools
and devices that will keep you safe in case of a fire. These tools and devices help keep
everything and everyone protected at all times from any fire incidents particularly at that time of
the year when the temperatures start to drop drastically. Here are the crucial things you need
for fire protection in your home [and even business place].
#1: Smoke detectors – There is no finer way of protecting your home or business entity from fast
flaming fires than having a smoke alarm installed. See that “little smoke” that is often given off by a
fast flaming fire, smoke alarms can quickly detect the smoke particles inside them and in turn sound
the alarm. Every room that someone sleeps in should have at least one of these devices installed.
Ensure the smoke detectors are placed on the ceiling or just below the ceiling.
#2: Carbon monoxide alarms – For better fire protection, you should as well consider having a
carbon monoxide alarm installed in your home or business place. It’s impossible to detect gas
leakage on your own, and that’s quite frightening. That’s why you should have at least one carbon
monoxide detector installed in your home. It is essential since gas leakages often lead to fires, and
when that happens, the results are never too good to write home about.
The best area in your home to have the detector is near a room with a stove or fireplace (that should
be in the kitchen or living room). Even areas in your home with a water heater are a better place to
have one installed. Put simply, you should have a carbon monoxide detector near appliances/areas
that might/could emit the dangerous fumes.
#3: Fire extinguishers – No home should miss having a fire extinguisher. They are well-suited for
small, localised fires like those that occur on stovetops or in trash cans. While fire extinguishers are
handy and necessary in every home, they are not for meant for fast flaming fires. A fire that’s
spreading quickly requires some extra help.
You don’t need to have many extinguishers in your home, only one in every room where a fire may
occur is enough. For better fire protection, it’s necessary to have these tools and devices in your
home or business place.