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Firefighter Carls Home Fire Safety Checklist

Maintain a working smoke alarm
- Test smoke alarms every month by pushing the button
- Put a new battery in it once a year
- A consistent beep every 60 seconds indicates the battery power is low and a new battery is needed
- Replace smoke alarms every 10 years or as specified by the manufacturer
Install a fire blanket and an extinguisher in your kitchen
- Cooking should never be left unattended
- If a fire starts turn off the stove if safe to do so
- Never use water on a burning oil or fat fire
Keep lighters and matches away from young children
- Teach your children that fire can be dangerous
- Take care with candles and cigarettes
- Keep candles away from curtains and blinds
- Don’t leave candles unattended
- Blow them out before going to sleep
- Don’t smoke in bed
- Ensure cigarettes are extinguished before discarding them
In case of fire - ‘Get down low and Go, Go, Go!’
- Smoke rises. Visibility is better closer to the floors.
If your clothes catch fire - ‘Stop, Drop, Cover your face, and Roll’
Make and practise a home escape plan
- Look for more than one way to escape in case of fire
- Make sure if there is a fire in your home you can get out quickly
- Have a safe meeting place like your letterbox outside your home
- Once you get out STAY OUT, never go back inside a burning building
Call Triple Zero (000) in an emergency
- Ask for the Fire Service and firefighters will attend
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