Christmas tree on fire in three minutes
Saturday, December 1, 2007 The Trevose Fire Company, National Fire Protection Association and Underwriters Laboratories urge safe decorating practices: With more than 32 million homes decorating real Christmas trees this season, according to the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA), there is no doubt that this holiday season will bring cheer. While its easy to get caught up in the holiday shuffle of dinners, gifts and travel, safety should be at the top of everyones lists.
How to prevent this.. Have your chimney cleaned now..
Monday, November 26, 2007 If you can't see it, smell it or taste it, how do you know if carbon monoxide is trapped in your home? Carbon monoxide is the result of incomplete combustion of liquid, gaseous or solid fuel. Before you light the first fire of the heating season, the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) recommends you take the following safety measures to keep your home free of carbon monoxide.
use caution
Monday, November 26, 2007 If you or someone you love is in need of emergency assistance, you want help to arrive immediately. Did you know that there’s one simple thing everyone can do to help firefighters, ambulances, and law enforcement officers provide emergency assistance as quickly as possible? Just Move Right for Sirens
How to stay safe during the holiday shopping sprees...
Friday, November 23, 2007 When in your car, always keep the doors locked. Any time you drive through areas containing stoplights, stop signs, or anything that significantly reduces vehicular speed, keep your windows up.
Sunday, November 18, 2007 Tie One On For Safety, originally named the "Project Red Ribbon Campaign" was created in 1986 to help heighten public attention to drinking and driving during the holiday season. Today the goals of this program are to recruit anti-drunk driving partners to tie MADD ribbons to a visible place on their vehicle;boost awareness about drunk driving during the holiday season; to offer suggestions to deter drunk driving; and to increase MADD's identity with the red ribbon and its symbolism which is to prevent drunk driving. You can promote the Tie One On For Safety campaign by providing red ribbons to organizations in the community, recording a phone message about safe and sober driving during the holiday season, displaying drunk driving statistics in your work place, distributing ribbons to people as they leave a meeting to drive home, and being a responsible party host. Ribbons are available to individuals and groups and may be obtained by contacting your local MADD affiliate. Come on, Tie One On - For Safety!
Think - don't drink
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 This year millions of school children around the world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® is a national home fire safety program sponsored by Energizer® batteries and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, with more than 5,900 fire departments participating nationwide.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007 Who can prevent home heating fires? You can. When the mercury drops, the risk of home fires starts to rise. Readers take note:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Please visit our DOWNLOAD tab on the home page for more fire safety tips.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 National Preparedness Month is all about helping individuals, families, businesses and communities to take action. As kids return to school and families begin to reorganize and make new routines, September is an ideal time for updating your family communications and evacuations plans and to become better informed about different threats and local emergency plans. Click on the link provided below to finish the story.
Thursday, August 2, 2007 Only one-fifth to one-fourth of households (23%) have actually developed and practiced a home fire escape plan to ensure they could escape quickly and safely.
Click on the document below to view certain steps you should take if your home has been in a fire.
....FUN.... Fire safety for kids....
Thursday, July 5, 2007 The truth about fire escape planning Close your eyes. Imagine you are sleeping soundly when the blaring sounds of your smoke alarms jolt you awake. What do you imagine happens next?
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