The temperatures are at an
all-time low yet again. Your house feels unpleasantly cold, not to
mention uninhabitable. So to keep it warmer and liveable again, you
turn on your stove and the heat gets cracked up. Many people are
oblivious to the dangers they expose themselves and their homes to
when the fireplace, heater and stove are on full blast. To be safe,
it’s important that you maintain fire safety. You cannot overstate
the importance of fire protection in a home.
To protect you (your loved ones)
and your home from fire, you need to employ the use of tools and
devices that will keep you safe in case of a fire. These tools and
devices help keep everything and everyone protected at all times from
any fire incidents particularly at that time of the year when the
temperatures start to drop drastically. Here are the crucial things
you need for fire
protection in your
home [and even business place].
#1: Smoke detectors – There is
no finer way of protecting your home or business entity from fast
flaming fires than having a smoke alarm installed. See that “little
smoke” that is often given off by a fast flaming fire, smoke alarms
can quickly detect the smoke particles inside them and in turn sound
the alarm. Every room that someone sleeps in should have at least one
of these devices installed. Ensure the smoke detectors are placed on
the ceiling or just below the ceiling.
#2: Carbon monoxide alarms –
For better fire
protection, you should
as well consider having a carbon monoxide alarm installed in your
home or business place. It’s impossible to detect gas leakage on
your own, and that’s quite frightening. That’s why you should
have at least one carbon monoxide detector installed in your home. It
is essential since gas leakages often lead to fires, and when that
happens, the results are never too good to write home about.
The best area in your home to
have the detector is near a room with a stove or fireplace (that
should be in the kitchen or living room). Even areas in your home
with a water heater are a better place to have one installed. Put
simply, you should have a carbon monoxide detector near
appliances/areas that might/could emit the dangerous fumes.
#3: Fire extinguishers – No
home should miss having a fire extinguisher. They are well-suited for
small, localised fires like those that occur on stovetops or in trash
cans. While fire extinguishers are handy and necessary in every home,
they are not for meant for fast flaming fires. A fire that’s
spreading quickly requires some extra help.
You don’t need to have many
extinguishers in your home, only one in every room where a fire may
occur is enough. For better fire
protection, it’s
necessary to have these tools and devices in your home or business
place.
