Making It Your New Year's Resolution To Increase Your Home Fire Safety

Despite plenty of good intentions, I’ve always found it really difficult to keep my new year's resolutions! Looking back, it’s quite clear to me that part of the issue is that my past resolutions have been substantial lifestyle changes which are a little idealistic and hard to achieve.


Does this sound familiar?

So I've come to the conclusion that this year, my new year's resolution will be a more practical and feasible one - decreasing my daily coffee intake. I cherish coffee, and giving up would cause exhausting amounts of suffering, but I most certainly don't need the massive amount of caffeine that presently runs through my system each day. With a little bit of inspiration and tenacity, I'm optimistic I'll be capable of achieving this goal.

Most people's new year's resolutions are focused around being healthier in one way or another, which I think is great, but we should all remember that taking small steps to realise a goal is much more useful than biting off more than we can chew.

A practical resolution that I’d like to propose for the coming new year is improving your home fire safety. There are some very simple ways in which you can vastly improve the safety of you and your loved ones. With the new year only a few weeks away, I’m going to take a look at ways in which you can increase your family's safety through better home fire safety practices.

Check electrical apparatus

The summer holidays is a perfect time to assess all your electrical equipment, particularly those that are utilised more in hotter weather like fans and a/c units. If you inspect an electrical device and find that it has frayed cords or kinks, repair these as soon as you can because they are possible fire hazards. Furthermore, the summer break is an ideal time to clean the dust from fans and air conditioning units.

 Fire detectors

The simplest and most helpful way to keep your family safe at night is by having working fire detectors on each level of your home. In a perfect world, fire detectors should also be installed outside each room where somebody sleeps, and all fire detectors should be synced with each other; so when one alarms goes off, they all do.

It is critical that you check that your fire alarms are functioning by testing them each month. Generally, batteries will have to be changed annually, and the life-span of a smoke detector is around 10 years, so if you aren't sure when your fire detectors were last replaced, just have a look on the date of your fire detectors.

Fire escape plan

Having working fire detectors on each level of your house is just the foundation of your home fire safety. It's vital that every person in your home knows how to react if they’re awoken by a fire alarm wailing in their ear. If you don’t have one already, the holidays serve as a great time to construct a fire escape plan with all your family members.

Every home should also have a fire escape plan that every occupant is familiar with. To ensure everyone understands all aspects of your fire escape plan, put the plan on the fridge and rehearse a couple of evacuation paths at least twice a year. The reason why fire escape plans are so effective is because they identify two evacuation paths from each room, so if one way is obstructed by fire, you can use the secondary route to escape to safety.

 Fire extinguishers and fire blankets

The most common cause of residential fires is from leaving cooking unattended in the kitchen. Having a multi-purpose ABE Powder Fire Extinguisher and Fire Blanket positioned near the entryway of the kitchen is strongly encouraged by fire safety specialists. Fire Blankets are the best way to douse a cooking fire, and an ABE Powder Fire Extinguisher will efficiently extinguish most other types of household fires, including electrical fires.

ABE Powder Fire Extinguishers are also extremely helpful if you need to evacuate your house in the event of a fire, so having this kind of fire extinguisher on each floor of your home is strongly advised. Just be careful that you follow the manufacturer's guidelines closely in regards to servicing and maintenance.

 Remove your Christmas tree prior to the new year

Authentic Christmas trees can become fire hazards very quickly if you don't take proper care of them. It's advised that you plant your tree in a bucket of water after purchasing it, and replenish the water supplies each day. One Christmas tree will consume about a gallon of water each day, so once Boxing Day has come and gone, remove and recycle your Christmas tree to make sure it doesn't present any risks to you and your family.

Make it your New Year's resolution to make your home as fire safe as possible. The practical steps described in the above will help keep your family and your home safe from the threat of fire this holiday season. If you have any questions about possible fire hazards around your household, then speak with the professionals at King Fire Protection Solutions at https://www.kingfire.com.au

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