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Spring Home Safety Check List

Just like a person, your home needs regular check ups to ensure that it is healthy, or at least safe for you and your family. Here are some things around your home that you should check in the spring. If you have an air conditioning system, have a professional air conditioning specialist (contractor) inspect your system. This specialist should also be able to clean and maintain your system. You don’t want to have any issues with it when summer comes. Replace the filter in your furnace (if you have one). Inspect your driveway and walkway, and repair any cracks or … Continue reading →

Even More Fire Prevention Tips

When it comes to protecting your home and your family from fire, you can never be too careful. Have you taken all of the precautions that are appropriate to safeguard your home? If you missed the earlier posts in this series, you can find them here: Fire Prevention Tips More Fire Prevention Tips Also, state Farm Insurance has a never of safety guidelines that are available in a little booklet. Now, let’s talk about a few more things that you can do to prevent fires in your home and help your family survive, if you do have a fire. Install … Continue reading →

More Fire Prevention Tips

Do you know all of the ways to prevent a fire from consuming your home or taking your life? Home fires can be absolutely devastating. A little knowledge know could prevent a real tragedy later. Many of these tips were suggested by State Farm Insurance. Here are some more tips on preventing fire and fire-related injury in the home. You might have heard of spontaneous combustion. Believe it or not, this is a very real hazard and can caused a fire in your home. To prevent spontaneous combustion, do not let oily or greasy rags collect. Even paint covered rags … Continue reading →

Fire Prevention Tips

Fires in the home can be devastating! Learn some quick tips on how to prevent fires in your home. How many of these tips are you practicing right now in your home? Never use flammable liquids inside your home. This would include kerosene, gasoline, etc. Keep these liquids outside of your home or garage. They should be stored in approved containers far away from any potential source of ignition, from your furnace to your water heater to your car. Clean the clutter from your home. In the event of a fire, clutter can fuel the fire making flames spread quickly … Continue reading →

A New Way To Protect Homes From Fires

October is Fire Prevention Month. It’s a great time to review ways to protect your family and your home from the ravages of a fire. Some ideas include designing a family fire escape plan and installing or checking on smoke detectors in various rooms throughout your home. Another tip—use this month to talk to your children about the dangers of smoking. Did you know fires started by cigarettes kill more than 1,000 people every year in the United States? Yet, there are still people who choose to light up in their homes. Unfortunately, if you have a friend or loved … Continue reading →

Preventing Clothes Dryer Fires

Do you let your clothes dryer run while you are out of the house? How about while you are sleeping? I do… quite often. So you can image how I feel after learning that my brother’s best friend is homeless today… his house destroyed by a fire that started in his clothes dryer. Apparently, he isn’t alone. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that 15,500 fires associated with clothes dryers occur each year. These fires account for an average of 10 deaths and 310 injuries and more than $84.4 million in property damage annually. The fire investigator told my … Continue reading →