Preventing fires at home should be at the top of the safety concerns for everybody. Whether you own your home, condominium, apartment or flat, or you rent your place of residence, preventing fires is very important for safety. In addition to structural damage, personal property loss and bodily injuries that fires can cause, there may be hundreds of items of personal interest value and sentimental value that can be destroyed, damaged or badly burnt beyond recovery from fires. If you are a landlord that owns and rents out apartments, flats or homes, it is in your interest to make sure that your tenants prevent fires from happening in the first place. While renters may have renters’ insurance, it is still important to prevent fires proactively rather than react after the fact.
The cardinal method to preventing fires is to be vigilant first of all to open flames such as candles. People like to burn candles nowadays that put out wonderful fragrances. However, unattended candles pose high levels of fire hazard. If a candle is not in your vicinity then don’t light it. Do not leave candles burning when you go to bed or leave the house; put them out when you are not going to be around or are going to bed. I was at a party at my friend’s apartment one day and they had a perfumed candle burning in their bathroom. The candle had accidentally tipped over and fell into the waste basket that was full of paper and it caught fire. Fortunately, I had to go to the bathroom moments after this had happened and I immediately put it out by pouring water from bathroom cups that were available. Again, unattended burning candles are a big fire hazard.
Keeping smoke alarms and fire alarms maintained well is very important. Replace the batteries with new ones periodically; do not mix new batteries with used ones; use new ones only. Remember the cost of the batteries is minuscule compared to the cost of replacing items damaged by fire and smoke. De-activating smoke alarms and fire alarms is the biggest mistake one can make.
Keeping a few good fire extinguishers in your home is important for fire safety. If your house is multi-level, then keep a couple fire extinguishers in each level. There is no use in keeping fire extinguishers if nobody else in the house knows where they are or how to operate them; hence training everyone in the home as to the exact location and the proper operation of the fire extinguishers is equally important. This may sound like a lot of work, but the effort is well worth it.
So please keep all fire hazards out of your residence.
Fire Safety at Home
Fire Safety
Whether you work at an office building or at a manufacturing facility or at a distribution warehouse, fire safety considerations are very important. Make sure there are sufficient fire extinguishers and that they are properly charged. It is also important to make sure they are of the proper kind to address the potentials of fire hazards. The rating of a fire-extinguisher is the measure of its capability to fight various kinds of fires. This rating is usually a number followed by a letter; for example 1A or 2C. The number indicates the extinguisher's relative power for that specific class of fire. The letter indicates the class of fire.
Class A fires are those from combustible that are common such as paper, cloth, plastics. Class B fires are from flammable liquids and Class C fires are from electrical equipment. An extinguisher rated as 3B is thrice as powerful as one that is rated as 1B in fighting chemical fires. Sprinkler systems are useful in fighting fires also; periodically ensure proper operation of sprinker systems.
Additionally, every organization must conduct a fire-drill to ensure employees know what to do in case of fire. All exit signs must be properly marked and a fire exit path must be clearly drawn and posted in conspicuous areas. If your organization has flammables and other chemicals, then the local fire marshall must be notified as to nature of these chemicals, their locations, etc, so fire-fighting personnel know what they are dealing with.