Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
TGIF Fire Safety Tip
I am going to copy and paste below an important message from the United States Fire Administration (USFA) as it relates to smoke alarms. It is a message that everyone out there needs to hear! So please take a moment and read below and click on the links for more information. What you learn could save the lives of you and/or your loved ones.
Please us the power of social media and the internet and forward this on to all who you know and care for!
Have a safe weekend!
Bill
Every year, approximately 2,600 Americans die in home fires. Over half of these deaths (52%) occur between the hours of 10:00pm and 7:00am, when residents are typically sleeping.
Smoke and toxic gases from a home fire are as deadly as heat and flames. Just two or three breaths of toxic smoke can render you unconscious. In addition, smoke obscures vision, decreasing your ability to escape.
Smoke alarms save lives, prevent injuries, and minimize property damage by detecting fires early and alerting residents, allowing crucial time to escape. The risk of dying from a fire in a home without working smoke alarms is twice as high as in a home with working smoke alarms.
To find out what type of smoke alarms are available for your home, including where to install and how to maintain them, visit Focus on Fire Safety: Smoke Alarms on the U.S. Fire Administration's website.
Please us the power of social media and the internet and forward this on to all who you know and care for!
Have a safe weekend!
Bill
Smoke and toxic gases from a home fire are as deadly as heat and flames. Just two or three breaths of toxic smoke can render you unconscious. In addition, smoke obscures vision, decreasing your ability to escape.
Smoke alarms save lives, prevent injuries, and minimize property damage by detecting fires early and alerting residents, allowing crucial time to escape. The risk of dying from a fire in a home without working smoke alarms is twice as high as in a home with working smoke alarms.
To find out what type of smoke alarms are available for your home, including where to install and how to maintain them, visit Focus on Fire Safety: Smoke Alarms on the U.S. Fire Administration's website.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Clothes Dryer Cleaning Day – Preventing A Potential Fire In My Home!
Recently, I spent an off day doing something that I have advised all of you to do over the past couple of months – cleaning in and around my clothes dryer. I last did this a little over a year ago and it is something that you should do at least once a year.
As you can see by the pictures below, there was a ton of lint build up in, on and around my clothes dryer. These pictures show why it is very important you take time to clean both inside and outside the clothes dryer.
A couple of pictures show what happens to the inside of your pipe that runs in and just outside your dryer (Fig 1) that carries the hot air, and lint, out. The next photo (Fig 2) shows the inside of the flexible duct that connects to your dryer pipe and then connects to another pipe that usually runs to the outside of your house.
In the next photo (Fig 3) you can see the cleaning device I used to run up into the pipe and dryer and the large amount of lint I pulled out of the dryer. These photos clearly show the large amount of lint that builds up and can, when heated up by the hot air of the dryer, actually ignite and catch fire! The more the build up, the better chance for ignition and then – a fire in your home!
A couple of the photos (Fig 4 & 5) clearly show just how dusty and dirty the back of your dryer and the floor behind and underneath it can become. This also can create problems and hazards and you need to make sure you clean these spots as well!
For more tips please go here: Clothes Dryer Fire Safety Tips
As always Be Safe!
Bill
As you can see by the pictures below, there was a ton of lint build up in, on and around my clothes dryer. These pictures show why it is very important you take time to clean both inside and outside the clothes dryer.
A couple of pictures show what happens to the inside of your pipe that runs in and just outside your dryer (Fig 1) that carries the hot air, and lint, out. The next photo (Fig 2) shows the inside of the flexible duct that connects to your dryer pipe and then connects to another pipe that usually runs to the outside of your house.
In the next photo (Fig 3) you can see the cleaning device I used to run up into the pipe and dryer and the large amount of lint I pulled out of the dryer. These photos clearly show the large amount of lint that builds up and can, when heated up by the hot air of the dryer, actually ignite and catch fire! The more the build up, the better chance for ignition and then – a fire in your home!
A couple of the photos (Fig 4 & 5) clearly show just how dusty and dirty the back of your dryer and the floor behind and underneath it can become. This also can create problems and hazards and you need to make sure you clean these spots as well!
For more tips please go here: Clothes Dryer Fire Safety Tips
As always Be Safe!
Bill
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
MCFRS Promotions
Congratulations to the following personnel who have been promoted to the rank of Master Firefighter. Well done!
o Craig T. Lauret
o Daniel A. Ballantine
o Daniel C. Schaefer
o James A. Snyder
o Jason M. Smith
o Jeffrey R. Kane
o Joseph A. Dingle Jr
o Kristy M. Furst
o Mark L. Arnold
o Michael J. Haba
o Ryan A. Keyser
o Shelley M. Wheeler
o Craig T. Lauret
o Daniel C. Schaefer
o James A. Snyder
o Jason M. Smith
o Jeffrey R. Kane
o Joseph A. Dingle Jr
o Kristy M. Furst
o Mark L. Arnold
o Michael J. Haba
o Ryan A. Keyser
o Shelley M. Wheeler
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