"Support your local
firefighters--practice fire prevention !" It's not just a catch
phrase, fire prevention is everyone's business. The best firefighters in
the world are those that can prevent a fire from starting--and that
includes you !
Check out these links
to some good tools you can use:
(Check out our fire
safety products.)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has targeted the
principal consumer products associated with fires, namely home heating
devices, upholstered furniture, bedding, cigarette lighters, matches, and
wearing apparel:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/556.html
Fire safety Fact
Sheets from the U. S Fire Administration:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/public/factsheets/safety.shtm
State Farm Insurance Company's home inventory worksheet:
http://www.statefarm.com/consumer/homeinvt.htm
Ingomar Volunteer Fire
Department (PA) offers this checklist:
http://www.ingomarfire.org/firesafe/checklist.shtml
Hillside Fire Safety
Homeowner Checklist from the Santa Clara County Fire Department:
http://www.sccfd.org/pub_ed/hillside_fire_safety.html
U.S. Fire
Administration's Kid's Firesafety Page:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/
Kitchen fire safety
from the Piqua, Ohio Fire Department
http://www.piquaoh.org/fire_kitchen_fire.htm
Virginia Department of
Forestry, Protecting Homes from Wildfires (be sure to check out Firewise
Landscaping and Construction)
http://www.vdof.org/fire/firewise-index.shtml
Questions about fire
retardant coatings from Flame ControlTM
coatings:
http://www.flamecontrol.ca/info.html?source=overture
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