Fire Safety Check

A fire safety check only takes a few minutes but it could mean the difference between life and death. Make it part of your routine before you go to bed.

• Turn off cooking appliances
• Put out candle naked flames
• Empty all ashtrays
• Keep your way-out completely clear
• Close all doors as you exit
• Remember EDITH (Exit Drill In The House)

Prevent Fire

Don’t:

• Smoke when you are in bed, tired on medication
• Leave the room when there are candles burning
• Leave young children alone near an open fire or cooker
• Leave matches and lighter where children can reach them
• Leave the kitchen when a chip or frying pan is on fire even for a minute
• Overload the electric sockets. Use one socket for one plug
• Use electric appliance that don’t work
• Run electric appliances from a light socket
• Use heater or the cooker to dry clothes
• Petrol or paraffin to light a solid fuel stove
• Keep petroleum products in the house

Make sure to:

• Keep your gas cylinder outside, on solid ground and away from anything hot
• Use a proper holder for candles
• Keep a suitable fire extinguisher and fire blanket in the kitchen
• Empty ash trays before you go to bed. Run the contents under the tap before you trash them
• Repair or replace faulty electrical appliances immediately
• Do a fire safety check before you go to bed
• Close all doors at night

Detect Fire

Smoke alarm give you an early warning of a fire. 82% of fires that kill people are in homes with no working smoke alarm.

• Fit a smoke alarm in every room (except the bathroom and the garage) to protect your home.
• Fit a heat alarm in the kitchen
• Test your smoke alarms at least once a month
• Change the batteries every year
• Change the battery right away when you hear the warning beep

Escape

Know what to do when you hear a smoke alarm so you and your family can get out safely.

• Make an escape plan for your home and practice with everyone who lives with you
• Plan at least two ways out in case one way is blocked by fire
• Have a meeting point in safe place outside the house
• Keep your way out clear day and night
• Keep the keys to your doors and windows nearby
• Know where the nearest phone is to call the fire service
• If you hear the fire alarm, check doors with the back of your hand for heat before you open them. If they are warm, the way might be blocked by fire

Federal Fire service hotline is: 08032003557

Akwa Ibom State Fire Service hotline is: 08131321776, 08133564978