Kitchen Safety Tips
Watch What You Heat
Stand By Your Pan According to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Cooking is the leading cause of home fires. Statistics show that 1/3 of every home fire starts in the kitchen and that more than 100,000 fires a year were cooking related.
When Fire Prevention
is
called to a cooking-related fire,
residents
often tell us that they only left
the kitchen for a
few minutes. Sadly enough,
that is all it takes for a
dangerous
fire to occur. There really
isn’t a safe
period of time for the cook
to step away from a hot stove
or
oven.
* If you must leave the room, turn off the stove or oven.
* When you are simmering, baking, or roasting food, check it regularly.
* Use a timer to remind you.Keep cooking areas clean and clear of combustibles (e.g.)
potholders, drapes and food packaging)
* Keep children away from cooking areas by enforcing a “kid-Free zone” around the stove
(3 feet).
* If you have a fire in your microwave, turn it off immediately and keep the door closed.
* Always keep an oven mitt and lid nearby.
* Smother grease fires in pans by carefully sliding the lid over the pan.
(Wear the oven mitt).
* If an oven fire starts, turn off the heat and keep the door closed to prevent flame
from burning you or your clothing.
* If the fire does not go out, get out of the home and call Rescue 1122