FIRE PREVENTION

The following is an actual statistic...
Don't become one!

        Statistics show that, on average during our lifetime, each of us can expect to be involved in two or three fires serious enough to call the fire department. Whether your fires occur at home, in a hospital, or a hotel, the same principles for survival apply.

Remember, in the event you are ever in a fire
STAY CALM - DON'T PANIC!
With advance planning and precaution, you will survive.

Planning ahead is vital

            People who have planned in advance what to do in a fire emergency and have the determination to survive are most likely to do so. Those who deny the danger, feeling that fire will never happen to them, are most apt to succumb.

            If you leave something cooking on the stove, when someone calls, "Come look at this!" (or when the phone rings), you may find the kitchen engulfed in flames before you return.

            If you smell gas and decide to turn off the lights to prevent an explosion, you may have just blown yourself up anyway. Unfortunately, not only is there a spark when a light is turned on, but also when the circuit is broken by turning it off!
Remember, if you smell gas, GET out!

           Last Revision:     11/05/04