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Tips For Preventing In-Home Fires
Cooking Fires The leading cause of house fires in the United States is cooking related activity as the U.S. Fire Administration estimates that approximately 160,000 fires per year are started by stoves, ovens, deep fryers, grills, and other cooking implements. The following are some easy tips to prevent starting an in-home fire while cooking for your family:
Dryer Vent Fires The second leading cause of house fires in the United States is clothes dryer fires caused by lint that builds up in the dryer and dryer vent. According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, approximately 15,500 house fires are started by clothes dryers and result in millions of dollars worth of damage annually. The following tips will help you prevent house fires started by clothes dryers or dryer vents:
By following these fire prevention tips, you can greatly reduce the risk of an in-home fire from the two leading causes of house fires in the United States.
Why Fire
Extinguishers Are Required Excerpt from
NC State
Fire Codes
2002 Edition
906.2 General requirements.
Fire extinguishers shall be selected, installed and maintained in accordance with this section and NFPA 10. . Fire Prevention Code - 2002 Edition 906.1
Where required.
Portable
fire
extinguishers shall be installed in the following locations. 1.
In
Group A, B, E, F, H, I , M, R-1, R-2, R-4 and S occupancies. 904.11.5 Commercial cooking
equipment. Portable fire extinguishers
shall be
provided within a 30-foot (9144 mm) travel distance of commercial-type
cooking
equipment. Cooking equipment involving vegetable or animal oils and
fats shall
be protected by a Class K rated portable extinguisher. Conspicuous location.
Extinguishers
shall be
located in conspicuous locations where they will be readily accessible
and
immediately available for use. These locations shall be along normal
paths of
travel, unless the code official determines that the hazard presented
indicates
the need for placement away from normal paths of travel. 906.6
Unobstructed
and unobscured. Fire
extinguishers shall
not be obstructed 906.7 Hangers and brackets.
Hand-held
portable fire
extinguishers, not housed in cabinets, shall be installed on the
hangers or
brackets supplied. Hangers or brackets shall be securely anchored to
the mounting
surface in accordance with the manufacturer’s installation instructions 906.9 Height above floor.
Portable
fire
extinguishers having a gross weight not exceeding 40 pounds (18 kg)
shall be
installed so that its top is not more than 5 feet (1524 mm) above the
floor.
Hand-held portable fire extinguishers having a gross weight exceeding
40 pounds
(18 kg) shall be installed so that its top is not more than 3.5 feet
(1067 mm)
above the floor. The clearance between the floor and the bottom of
installed hand-held
extinguishers
shall not
be less than 4 inches (102 mm). These are
merely excerpts. |
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