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Here’s a comprehensive home maintenance checklist that can help you stay on top of things as the spring season begins to wind down and the summer season is just around the corner!
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Category: Home, Household Inventory, Personal, Prevention
Tags: carbon monoxide, clean windows, cleaning gutters, drainage system, fire extinguisher, garbage disposal, home maintenance, home repairs, lawn, range hood, roof inspection, seasonal house maintenance, smoke detectors, trim trees, water leak
Fall is in full force and winter is slowly approaching. People are lighting pumpkin spice candles, turning on the heat, and decorating for the upcoming holidays (I’m guilty on all accounts). And with the colder temperatures, people will be staying…
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Category: Home, Personal, Prevention
Tags: candle safety, candles, cooking fires, electrical fires, electrical outlets, fall, fire, fire alarms, fire extinguisher, fire hazard, fire prevention, fire prevention tips, Fire Prevention Week, fire protection equipment, fire safety, fireplace, heating fires, smoke alarm, winter
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
Imagine you and your friends are enjoying that long-awaited camping trip in the mountains. The car is unpacked, tents are up and your guitar is tuned and ready to play campfire songs. But first, you have to build the campfire. The evening…
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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
I am sure we all can recall partaking in fire drills at school or our place work. They’re done so often they become rudimentary. However, people often forget or ignore the importance of preparing an fire escape plan for where…
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Independence Day is right around the corner and many people celebrate with cookouts. While some people enjoy outdoor barbecues year round, summertime is ultimately the most popular time for grilling out. The best way to enjoy a summer of outdoor barbecues…
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Category: Central, Claims, Home, Personal, Prevention
Tags: barbecues, cookouts, covered peril, fire extinguisher, grill fires, grilling safety tips, homeowners policy, insurance agent, Insurance Information Institute, prevent accidents, Safety Tips
Cooking fires are the number one causes of both house fires and fire-related injuries. Unattended cooking accounts for nearly 90 percent of these fires.
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Category: Central, Home, Personal, Prevention
Tags: cooking fires, cooking oil fire, fire extinguisher, fire injuries, grease fire, house fire, kitchen fires, kitchen oil fire, Safety Tips
It might seem hard to believe, but there are some people that feel fire extinguishers are not a valuable fire protection method. The fact is, most people have limited knowledge of fire extinguishers and their intended use. A fire extinguisher…
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Category: Central, Home, Loss Control, Personal, Prevention
Tags: canister, chemical, combustibles, extinguisher, fire, fire extinguisher, fire extinguisher class, fire plan, fire protection equipment, National Fire Protection Association, PASS, safety, Safety Tips, security, spray