Fire Safety for Chatham and Lee County Residents

1/23/2020 (Permalink)

If a fire happens in your home or place of work - contact us to restore the property!

We have been experiencing a lot of fire losses. With that being said, we want you to have a few tips to make sure a fire does not happen in your home. A fire can cause a lot of damage. Please practice the tips below to lessen your chances of a fire occurring.

Check the pilot light. Some older gas stoves are equipped with pilot lights which stay lit when the stove is not on. If the pilot light is out, your stove may be slowly leaking gas into the room.

Clean the burners regularly. Accumulated grease and oil can ignite on the stove top if not cleaned.

Keep handles to the side. Pots and pans should have their handles turned so they don't hang off the stove top. This helps prevent people accidentally snagging pots of spilling boiling water or children reaching up and grabbing handles.

Inspect your smoke alarm. Your smoke alarm is the first line of defense for detecting and preventing a stove top fire, so make sure it is functioning and equipped with fresh batteries.

Install a carbon monoxide detector. Burning any kind of fuel creates poisonous carbon monoxide. This gas is colorless and odorless, which makes a good CO detector a necessity.

Keep a fire extinguisher close. Grease fires cannot be put out with water. Keeping a small fire extinguisher at hand gives you the ability to control small kitchen fires.