The 7 Ways to Prepare for a Home Fire
- 1.Install the right number of smoke alarms. Test them once a month and replace the batteries at least once a year.
- 2.Teach children what smoke alarms sound likeand what to do when they hear one.
- 3.Ensure that all household members know two ways to escape from every room of your home and know the family meeting spot outside of your home.
- 4.Establish a family emergency communications plan and ensure that all household members know who to contact if they cannot find one another.
- 5.Practice escaping from your home at least twice a year. Press the smoke alarm test button or yell “Fire“ to alert everyone that they must get out.
- 6.Make sure everyone knows how to call 9-1-1.
- 7.Teach household members to STOP, DROP and ROLL if their clothes should catch on fire.
Develop Fire-Safe Habits
- Keep items that can catch on fire at least three feet away from anything that gets hot, such as space heaters.
- Smoking materials are the leading cause of residential fire deaths in the United States. If you smoke, take precautions: Smoke outside; choose fire-safe cigarettes; never smoke in bed, when drowsy or medicated, or if anyone in the home is using oxygen.
- Use deep, sturdy ashtrays and douse cigarette and cigar butts with water before disposal.
- Talk to children regularly about the dangers of fire, matches and lighters and keep them out of reach.
- Turn portable heaters off when you leave the room or go to sleep.
- Never leave a burning candle unattended, even for a minute.
Top Tips for Fire Safety
Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.- Test smoke alarms every month. If they’re not working, change the batteries.
- Talk with all family members about a fire escape plan and practice the plan twice a year.
- If a fire occurs in your home, GET OUT, STAY OUT and CALL FOR HELP. Never go back inside for anything or anyone.
– The Lagos state government has instructed residents living around the Olusosun dump site to relocate, following the fire outbreak
– The instruction is in order to prevent health hazards as thick smoke has been billowing from the site since the incident occurred – The state government is reportedly working towards ensuring zero accidents in the next three years Residents living close to the dump at the Olusosun area, Ojota, have been asked to relocate by the Lagos state government in order to avoid health hazards associated with inhaling the smoke billowing from the site, Punch reports. The notice was given on Monday, March 19, by the director-general of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Hakeem Dickson, at a press conference on ‘Vision Zero’ in Ikeja, the state’s capital.
Dickson stated: “The smoke has continued to billow and the advice became necessary to prevent health hazards.” He further disclosed that the state government is working towards ensuring zero accidents in the next three years. He said the Vision Zero campaign was inaugurated towards that aim. It also seeks to bring safety consciousness to the fore among corporate bodies and individuals.
In his words: “Lagos Vision Zero is a transformational approach that interprets the tripod stand of safety, health, and well-being at all levels at work. It was borne out of the need to reduce hazards in workplaces and ensure zero accident and zero death.” Dickson stated that at a three-day conference being planned by the commission to hold in April, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode would sign a safety policy document on safety at workplaces.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that six suspected hoodlums were arrested by the police for allegedly looting a firm near Olusosun dump in Ojota, Lagos, and stealing equipment worth N8 million. The police identified the suspects as Abu Muhammed, 18; Emmanuel George, 43; Abubakar Ibrahim, 28; Abubakar Abdullahi, 24; Bello Champion, 24 and 25-year-old Adeniyi Ifelowo. The suspects reportedly cashed in on the confusion that followed the fire incident at the dump to break into the company, Revive Technologies, and carted away a generator plant, weigh bridge machines, air conditioners, bulldozer parts, computers, truck parts, among others.
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