FORKED RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT

911 IS A VALUABLE TOOL DURING AN EMERGENCY PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO USE IT. Most Important never call from inside a burning house EXIT THE HOUSE THEN CALL!!

Only you can help Prevent Forest Fires Please do not discard lit items from your vehicle while driving.

Always sleep with your bedroom door closed.

If you become trapped in your room put a towel or blanket against the bottom of the door; Place a blanket or some other piece of clothing visibly out the window & make a lot of noise so we know where you are and that we need to rescue you.

Stop Drop & Roll this is what you should do if your clothes are on fire, always remember to cover your face.

Never bury an extension cord under a carpeting, the insulation could wear-off causing a fire.

Before using a Fire Place or Wood Stove make sure the Chimmney is professionally cleaned.

Flammable products should not be with in a childs reach keep all matches, lighters and flammable products lockup and away from the child.

Remind children never to remove batteries from the detectors, it could be a matter of life and death.

• Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, including the basement. For extra safety, install smoke alarms both inside and outside sleeping areas.

• Smoke Alarms should be replaced every 8-10 years.

• Remember when you change your clock for Day Light Savings Time; you should change your batteries in your smoke detector.

• Some smoke alarms are considered to be "hard-wired." This means they are connected to the household electrical system and may or may not have battery backup. If your smoke alarms are hard wired you will need to have a qualified electrician do the initial ins

• Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and toxic gas. Because it is impossible to see, taste or smell the toxic fumes, CO can kill you before you are aware it is in your home. At lower levels of exposure, CO causes mild effects that are often mistaken for the flu. These symptoms include headaches, dizziness, disorientation, nausea and fatigue. The effects of CO exposure can vary greatly from person to person depending on age, overall health and the concentration and length of exposure.

• CO gas can come from several sources: gas-fired appliances, charcoal grills, wood-burning furnaces or fireplaces and motor vehicles.

• Install at least one UL (Underwriters Laboratories) listed carbon monoxide alarm with an audible warning signal near the sleeping areas and outside individual bedrooms.

• Carbon Monoxide Alarms should be replaced every 5 years

• Remember when you change your clock for Day Light Savings Time; you should change your batteries in your carbon monoxide detector

• WHEN YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM IS SOUNDING PLEASE EXIT THE HOUSE AND DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOWS, WE ARE UNABLE TO TELL IF THERE IS CARBON MONOXIDE PRESENT

• Protect Children from Scalds and Burns
  
• Young children are at high risk of being burned by hot food and liquids. Keep children away from cooking areas by enforcing a "kid-free zone" of 3 feet (1 meter) around the stove.
• To prevent spills due to overturn of appliances containing hot food or liquids, use the back burner when possible and/or turn pot handles away from the stove's edge.
• Keep young children at least 3 feet (1 meter) away from any place where hot food or drink is being prepared or carried. Keep hot foods and liquids away from table and counter edges.
• Never hold a child while cooking, drinking, or carrying hot foods or liquids.
• Teach children that hot things burn.
• When children are old enough, teach them to cook safely. Supervise them closely.
• Kitchen Fires
• The leading cause of fires in the kitchen is unattended cooking.
• Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, roasting, or boiling food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you're cooking.
• Stay alert! To prevent cooking fires, you have to be alert. You won't be if you are sleepy, have been drinking alcohol, or have taken medicine that makes you drowsy Keep anything that can catch fire - potholders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags, food packaging, towels, or curtains - away from your stovetop.
• Keep the stovetop, burners, and oven clean.
• Keep pets off cooking surfaces and nearby countertops to prevent them from knocking things onto the burner.
• Wear short, close-fitting or tightly rolled sleeves when cooking. Loose clothing can dangle onto stove burners and catch fire if it comes into contact with a gas flame or electric burner.