Spring is here and summer is coming. As a suburban dad, this means I only have two things on my mind: lawn maintenance and barbeque. Nothing ruins a good cookout faster than a trip to the emergency room or a…
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Category: Home, Loss Control, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: cooker, cooking fire, cooking fires, fire, fire safety, grease fire, grill, grilling, grilling safety, home, outdoor cooking, safety, Safety Tips
I’ve written about stovetop fire extinguishers before, but I also want to share some general stovetop and oven safety tips with you. Since I’ve been working from home, I’m cooking a lot more and using my stovetop and/or oven daily,…
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: cooking fire, fire extinguisher, fire safety, grease fire, knife, knife safety, knives, oven, oven safety, safe cooking, stovetop, stovetop fire, stovetop safety
Thanksgiving is a week away and I am already imagining the deliciousness. My mouth is literally starting to water as I type this! Mmm. There are many ways to cook your holiday turkey, such as roasting it, slow cooking it…
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: cooking fire, cooking fires, fire, fire extinguisher, fire protection, fire safety, holiday safety, National Fire Protection Association, outdoor cooking, Safety Tips, turkey
If you had the opportunity to take a few seconds out of your busy day to keep your home, your loved ones, and your most valuable possessions safe, would you do it? Why take the chance of something disastrous happening,…
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Category: Education, Home, Loss Control, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: cooking fire, electrical fires, fire extinguisher, fire prevention tips, home fire, house fire, National Fire Protection Association
October 7-13 is Fire Prevention Week. There’s no better time to turn our attention to home fire safety. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), one home structure fire was reported every 85 seconds in 2010. In 2010, U.S. Fire…
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Category: Central, Home, Loss Control, Prevention
Tags: candles, clothes dryer, cooking fire, dryer vent, electrical circuits, escape plan, extension cords, Federal Emergency Management Agency, fire extinguisher, Fire Prevention Week, National Fire Prevention Association, Safety Tips, smoke detector, space heater, structure fire, US Fire Adminstration