Fire accidents are the worst accidents in anybody's life as it may damage our physique completely

and takes long time to recover .

It is always good to take some precautions in our home to prevent fire accidents. Here i have listed some of them:

• Keep a fire blanket always in the kitchen as that is the place where fire accidents mostly happens.
  
  Usually blankets are made of glass fibre materials.Buy a blanket that is large in size so that it can be
  
  used to wrap around a person when fire is caught.
  
  

• Always close the cylinder off when you are going out of the house even for 1 hour. It is always better
  
  to keep the kitchen windows open or open the windows as soon as you enter the kitchen after going
  
  out to prevent fire accidents due to gas leakage.
  
  

• When you are going out switch off all electronic equipments like TV, Air conditioner, computer etc as fire accidents may happen also due to any leakage
  
  of electricity in that. ( Sometime back one of the flat in our complex caught fire and the house is locked. Later it was found that the computer was not
  
  switched off and power leakage from that caused the accident )
  
  

• If somebody is smoking in your house, ask them not to leave the lighted cigarettes in ash tray.Always it has to be extinguished before throwing them away.
  
  

• Don't allow children to play with fire like matchsticks, cigarette lighters, candles etc. Especially we have to be very careful during diwali as they love to
  
  fire crackers during that time.
  
  

• Don't hang any towels, handcloths or any material that easily catches fire near the gas stove.
  
  

• If any room is unoccupied in your house, close the doors of that room especially at night to avoid spreading fire if any fire occurs.
  
  

• Don't touch any electric or electronic appliances with wet hands.
  
  

• In case of power cut, switch off  and unplug the appliances like heaters, iron, mixie etc.
  
  

• When you are grinding in a mixie and suddenly power is cut, immediately bring the knob to neutral / off position. ( I saw / read somewhere that a
  
  women cut his fingers while grinding in a mixie when a power went and came back in short time , and her hand was inside the jar and she didn't
  
  turned the knob to off position when the power cut happened. )
  
  

• Plan the best way to come out from each room in case of fire and make sure that these routes are always kept free. Many fire accidents costs
  
  huge damage because of not using the fire exit. Some companies dump the unwanted things near the fire exit making it like a storage room
  
  which cause more damage in case of fire accidents.
  
  

• Fire extinguishers are generally not recommended for houses because if we use the wrong sort of extinguisher or use the correct extinguisher
  
  in a wrong way, it will aggravate the fire instead of controlling it. So for house fire blankets are the best.
  
  

• Smoke alarms can be used in houses. They can be fit in the places where there is a suspect. When an alarm detects a trace of smoke, it sounds
  
  a warning signal which will wake up the residents of the house.
  
  

• Many fire accidents always start at night. So it is always better to inspect the house once before going to bed every day.
  
  

• Ensure that the electric wiring in your house is proper. This will save lot of accidents.

Note:

101 is the emergency number to be called for fire.Now you can call 108 also as that is declared as national emergency contact number for police,

medical and fire emergencies.

• Written by Meean.
• In category Personal Care.
• 14 years ago.

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