Fire Prevention and Safety

A well designed home has at least two exits that allows escape from the structure should an emergency strike such as a fire. No other emergency can be as damaging as a fire for it takes everything away with it that can burn, sadly even lives. Properly placed smoke detectors and extinguishers can mean the difference between life and death in times of an emergency and both are quite inexpensive to install and maintain. Outside sleeping areas, a quality smoke detector can provide ample warning and give you and your family enough time to exit the structure way before it becomes impossible to do so. The best case scenario is for every room in the house to have a fire extinguisher classified as Type ABC (for all types of fires paper, combustible liquids and electrical fires) and smoke detector that is classified as Class A (with a false alarm switch to turn off nuisance alarms preventing alarming everybody of the burning food on the stove). Practicing and having a fire drill is also recommended with each and every house member having their own role and everybody knows the escape route to maximize the survivability of everybody in case one is incapacitated. Some forward thinking and planning goes a long way which could mean the differenced between life and death for everybody in your household.