Home Fire Safety
CFA attends more than 1000 house fires every year.
Common causes of house fire:
- Unattended cooking
- Faulty wiring
- Clothes dryers
- Heaters and electric blankets
- Candles and oil burners
- Smoking in bed
In your home, you are a fire warden.
- Keep a fire blanket and extinguisher in the kitchen
- Use the Home Fire Safety Checklist
- Teach children to be careful around fire
- Have a working smoke alarm
- Know how to get out of your house if there's a fire
Only working smoke alarms save lives
A person is 60 percent less likely to survive a house fire without a working smoke alarm.
We lose our sense of smell when we go to sleep. A smoke alarm is the only thing that will alert you if there is smoke from a fire.