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| Have you ever encountered a fire in your house? | | | | that there is nothing combustible next to your space |
| Fighting a fire in one’s home is one of the | | | | heater, such as newspapers, curtains or even the wall. |
| scariest things one can do, even if the fire is small. You | | | | You should also be very careful with how you handle |
| have to make very quick decisions in order to handle | | | | electricity at home. You should be extremely wary |
| the situation correctly. For example, you have to make | | | | about overloading sockets. You should also use only |
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| correct measures can be taken to tackle it. It is very | | | | can increase your fire risk. |
| important that you learn how to handle such situations | | | | Your kitchen can be another fire hazard if you are not |
| so that you do not lose control of the situation, leading | | | | careful. You have to wear well fitting clothes at all |
| to a huge loss of life or property. However, what is far | | | | times. You also have to be careful to keep pot |
| more important is for you to take steps to ensure that | | | | handles turned away from you so that you do not |
| fires do not occur in the first place. It is far easier to | | | | snag them accidentally in your clothes. Keep your |
| prevent a fire than to fight it, and far cheaper to boot. | | | | stove top clean and free from grease. If grease does |
| Fire prevention is a very important subject because it | | | | catch fire, never pour water on it. Instead, you should |
| is a cause of a lot of deaths, particularly of young | | | | cover the pot in order to cut off oxygen supply to it. |
| children who are helpless in these circumstances. Most | | | | Never store flammable liquids at home, and if you feel |
| fires that lead in fatalities occur at night when people | | | | compelled to do so, make sure that they are stored |
| are at their most vulnerable. | | | | with a lot of care. |
| There are certain appliances that can cause fires in | | | | If you have children, you have to teach them about fire |
| your home if they are improperly utilized. Furnaces and | | | | safety. Never allow them to play with matches or |
| space heaters are the first appliances that come to | | | | lighters. As far as possible, children should never be |
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| you are not at home. You should also not use | | | | scope for fire accidents. Finally, if you smoke |
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| of electricity required to keep them running can cause | | | | are in bed or when you have had too much to drink. |