Comments on: Fire Safety Contest

by: DARIJA

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:54:29 +0000

I work for a fire restoration company and every year I warn my friend about things they should never do. The fist is never leave home with your dryer running. So many fires start in the home when people leave their dryers on when they cannot be there to watch it. The next biggest fire starter is candles left burning. Always double check you candle after blowing it out. Sometimes it can restart. Double checking will keep you can your famiy safe.

by: Bobbye F.

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:53:07 +0000

People often do not think about what could happen. While living in Alaska,my husband and I lived next to my in-laws. We go up early one moring and turned on the space heater to warm the room. We got a call from the family to come over and help with something a minute. We figured we would only be gone for a few minutes and left the space heater on. When we came back to the house about five minutes later black smoke was pouring out the front door. No one was injured and the home was saved with only minor damage compared to what could have been, but things like pictures and a marriage quilt my husbands greatgrandmother made us was forever burned and damaged! It could happen anywhere, it could happen anytime, that’s what we learned. We also installed smoke alarms that were not in the house before the fire. It is better to be safe then sorry!

by: Timothy Selig

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:30:14 +0000

Keep matches away from children

by: Dennis

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:44:25 +0000

We were off in a hurry and noticed the chimney had flames coming out of the top, we Called the fire department and saved the house, the reason for the fire was the chimney had not been cleaned and had built up of soot.So remember to clean chimney

by: Rodney H.

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:13:37 +0000

Our family has a cabin in northern Wisconsin. Every year we have a annual grouse hunt. This year we almost didn’t have a cabin to go to. This is no hunting shack as it was built as a retirement home for our dad. We installed a supplemental fridge from a travel trailer in a mudroom that we have. When our dad lit the pilot light on the fridge he encountered problem and let the lp gas vacate the fridge or so he thought. There was a small build up of gas left when he was able to light it causing a “poof”. He proceeded to go into the cabin and start a fire in the woodstove. As he was doing this he had smelled smoke not from the woodstove but from the mudroom. There was a hemp rope hanging behind the fridge on a nail that caught fire as a result of the excess gas and was beginning to burn up the wall of the room. Directly above the rope was a kerosene lantern full of fuel. Disaster waiting to happen!!! Luckily he caught this before the wall itself or the shelf above began to burn. He was able to take the rope outside and extinguish it. Long story short…keep flamables away from fire sources. Surprisingly, he smelled the smoke before the smoke detector went off. An interesting fact, he is a law enforcement officer, trained arson investigator, and works for insurance companies investigating fires. All of the smoke detectors were replaced that day and we had a successful hunting week.

by: Ann B.

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:35:47 +0000

Last year in our development, 2 homeowners caused fires to their homes by removing hot embers from their wood burning stoves and depositing them outside. One left them on the deck and they burned thru the container and burned down 1/2 the house, and the other dumped them on the lawn and caught his siding on fire.
Please, douse embers with water before leaving them unattended.

by: Ben Erickson

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:08:42 +0000

Vincent,
Thanks for your contribution and good luck with your product, it sounds like something that is sorely needed.

by: Vincent Sellecchia

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:12:38 +0000

I am a truck driver who gets home to visit my 78 year old mother once every few months. The last few times I visited her she forgot she was cooking and we almost had a disaster.
Being the type of person she is I would never be able to talk her into a assissed live place so I spent 16,000 dollars (all I had) and invented a stove knob that takes all the worris away while I am away driving. It will save thousands of lives and offer independent living to many. I have a patent pending and did not show it yet. But thats my contibution to prevent home fires