Safety Tip For All
 

I was just reading that on average 3,600 people lose their life to fire each year. In 79% of those deaths the home did not have a SMOKE ALARM or it was not working. So if you don't have smoke alarms go out and buy some and if you have them give them a test to make sure they work. You should always have one in each bed room and if you have children its even more important. Smoke alarms do save lives.

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[quote=firstdown;661682]I was just reading that on average 3,600 people lose their life to fire each year. In 79% of those deaths the home did not have a SMOKE ALARM or it was not working. So if you don't have smoke alarms go out and buy some and if you have them give them a test to make sure they work. You should always have one in each bed room and if you have children its even more important. Smoke alarms do save lives.[/quote]
Nice post . Something many forget , a small fire extinguisher is also a lifesaver . If you have kids , do fire drills with them < where to go in case of fire-smoke > , just in case mom or dad can't get to them quickly .

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Another tip for all. Spell check.

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[quote=firstdown;661682]I was just reading that on average 3,600 people lose their life to fire each year. In 79% of those deaths the home did not have a SMOKE ALARM or it was not working. So if you don't have smoke alarms go out and buy some and if you have them give them a test to make sure they work. You should always have one in each bed room and if you have children its even more important. Smoke alarms do save lives.[/quote]

Seriously firstdown, how do you graduate from high school and still misspell "safety"?

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Now we know... and knowing is half the battle.

Seriously though, good call.

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Now we know... and knowing is half the battle.

Seriously though, good call.[/quote]


Beat me to it, damn!

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Leaving out the second vowel on nouns prevents forest fires. Just sayin'.

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Ok, I should have read it before posting so can one of the mods correct the title.

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[quote=hooskins;661769]Another tip for all. Spell check.[/quote]

scrw tht

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[quote=firstdown;661870]Ok, I should have read it before posting so can one of the mods correct the title.[/quote]

We could...but it's more fun to just laugh at your endless spelling mistakes

Good advice by the way

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[quote=SmootSmack;661887]We could...but it's more fun to just laugh at your endless spelling mistakes

Good advice by the way[/quote]

Thats fine as I just shake my head sometimes at my own spelling.

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Most people don't know this but firstdown really wanted his username to be fourthdown...but he spelled fourth wrong

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[quote=firstdown;661938]Thats fine as I just shake my head sometimes at my own spelling.[/quote]


We are in the same boat, I hate spelling. I just got called in for my review and of course grammar was on there like it is every year. Really don't care since I mainly work with numbers.

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No need . . . I quit smoking.

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[quote=SmootSmack;661941]Most people don't know this but firstdown really wanted his username to be fourthdown...but he spelled fourth wrong[/quote]

:laughing2
I kid first. On the real though, good advice. It reminds me I need to check mine.

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;661971]No need . . . I quit smoking.[/quote]
I almost heh'd

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Another tip, spend a few extra dollars to get a hard-wired detector...no more risking having a dead battery at the wrong time.

The one nearest my kitchen is hard-wired. I added another one downstairs by the laundry room/garage door that uses the 9V. Changed it last week. Since there is significantly more risk of a kitchen fire, I'm glad that's the one that will never have a dead battery. (actually had some oil flame up last year on me, on the stovetop...used an oil with lower flare-up temp and was unaware until AFTER the flames). Luckily, I keep an extinguisher tucked right beside the fridge and got it out immediately. Had to repaint the kitchen though!

No more making deep-fried doughnuts at home for me...not worth the risk!

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[quote=Buster;662859]Another tip, spend a few extra dollars to get a hard-wired detector...no more risking having a dead battery at the wrong time.

The one nearest my kitchen is hard-wired. I added another one downstairs by the laundry room/garage door that uses the 9V. Changed it last week. Since there is significantly more risk of a kitchen fire, I'm glad that's the one that will never have a dead battery. (actually had some oil flame up last year on me, on the stovetop...used an oil with lower flare-up temp and was unaware until AFTER the flames). Luckily, I keep an extinguisher tucked right beside the fridge and got it out immediately. Had to repaint the kitchen though!

No more making deep-fried doughnuts at home for me...not worth the risk![/quote]
Kitchen fires while they are a problem most are known about before the alarm ever goes off because someone is in the kitchen cooking. Hard wired is best but if your house was not prewired it can be expensive to have that done. All 9v alarms do chirp for like two weeks warning about a dead battery so that should not be a big deal. We have 5 smoke alarms in our home. One in each bed room and then one in the hall of both upstairs and down stairs. Most people olny have them in the hallways but if a fire breaks out in a bedroom with a shut door then by the time the alarm goes off it could be too late.