Fire Safety

Having smoke detectors in your home should be a no-brainer. Learn how to choose the best smoke detectors for your home, which can be hard-wired, have dual sensors, and be interconnected with the other smoke detectors in your home.

Replace your smoke alarm batteries each year to make sure that your smoke alarms will work if their is a fire in your home.

Learn to keep your family safe in a fire, the second leading cause of accidental death in the home.

Smoke alarms can alert you to a fire in your home, but your family still has to get out. Having a fire escape plan and having regular fire drills can help to make sure your family is ready if there is ever a fire in your home.

Learn if you need a carbon monoxide detector in your home to keep your family safe from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Review how to childproof your fireplace with a hearth gate or fireplace gate and a Hearth cushion.

Take our fire safety poll to see if your kids are safe if there is a fire in your home. Do you have working smoke detectors? Do you have a fire escape plan that your family practices regularly (home fire drills)?

Learn how to set up a Home Fire Escape Plan to get your family out of your home if there is a fire.

Fire safety does not necessarily need to be a serious or scary topic for kids. The key is for the kids to learn how to escape from a fire safety; not to become scared of being in a fire. By tailoring activities and lessons to the age of the child, lessons can still be taught...while kids have fun in the process.

Prevent burns in your children by learning tips to prevent burns in the kitchen, while using the microwave oven, and surviving a fire in your home.

A one-stop information resource on the Internet for residential fire safety and prevention information distributed by the Federal government.

Information to help you protect your family from fire, including advice about smoke alarms, residential fire sprinklers, escape planning, consumer product recalls, fire safety tips, and what to do after a fire from the U.S. Fire Administration.

Uses fun and games to help your kids learn about home fire safety, smoke alarms, and escaping from fires.