Home Safety Checklist

Bedroom

• If you smoke, do so in a chair, not in bed.
• Install smoke detectors in each sleeping area and on every level of your home. 
• Plan two escapes from your bedroom. Practice getting out both ways.
• Smoke kills. Shut doors to stop it from advancing.

Kitchen

• Don't store things over the stove; people get burned reaching for them.
• Smother a pan fire with a lid. Never use water and leave the lid on until it's cool.
• Turn pot handles so they can't get bumped and children cannot pull them down. Never leave cooking food unattended.
• Wear tight, short, rolled up or tight-fitting sleeves when you cook. Loose-fitting garments can catch fire.

Living or Family Room

• Have the chimney checked and cleaned at least once a year.
• Move portable heaters away from people, furniture and curtains.
• Dispose of smoking materials in appropriate sized ashtrays.
• Use a metal fireplace screen.

Basement, Garage & Storage

• Use caution when charging lithium batteries in your garage and make sure they aren't near combustible materials
• Don't store things near the furnace or heater.
• Don't use flammable liquids near heat, a pilot light or while smoking.
• Keep flammables away from sparks.
• Move the lawn mower away from gasoline vapors before starting. Cool the motor before refueling.
• Sort and remove rubbish.
• Store gasoline and other flammables in tight metal containers.

Outdoors

• Don't ever use gasoline or kerosene to start at BBQ or outdoor fire pit.
• Once the fire has been started, never use lighter fluid. Use dry kindling to revive the fire.