"This Week Is Fire Prevention Week!"

This week we encourage our families, neighbors, friends, and co-workers to take the steps to protect loved ones and property against fire during National Fire Prevention Week - October 3 through 9.

Each year, more than 3000 people die in their home, where they feel safest, and most of the death are a result of smoke inhalation. According to national data on house fires, there is about a 50 percent chance the smoke alarms did not function properly. That's why this year's National Fire Prevention Week slogan is "Smoke Alarms, A Sound You Can Live With."

Lets be more responsible when it comes to those smoke alarms and fire safety practices in the home! Check & test on a monthly bases smoke alarms in the home and hear that "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!" Replace batteries in smoke alarms twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall each year to ensure that your smoke alarm has the power to go "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP" when there's a fire.

Have smoke alarms installed in every room people sleep. Have at least one smoke alarm on every level of the home. Replace smoke alarms every 10 years with new ones. Clean and maintain smoke alarms regularly. When a smoke alarm chirps, replace the batteries with a new one immediately.

When a smoke alarm sounds, exit to safety immediately. Smoke alarms are part of every family's home escape plan. So, a smoke alarm will only protect and provide that early warning only if they are installed in the best locations and if they are in working order.

Now, someone I follow and subscribe to made a very good and very informative fire prevention YouTube video. Lamarr Wilson from YouTube Channel wilsontech1 hits all the important marks that are important to one's home fire prevention/safety plan. Here's Lamarr Wilson's "Fire Prevention Week 2010" video:

LOL! Oh, GREAT video Lamarr! If I was a kid again I would want you as my teacher. Thank you very much also Lamarr for a fantastic "Fire Prevention Week 2010" video because you show how easy & simple it is to do a very important life saving thing. You are a good teacher.

National Fire Prevention Week highlights those items & things we need to do dealing with fire safety throughout the year. Please, please take the few minutes to go over these fire prevention practices with love ones, friends, and co-workers. They could save a life if needed.

(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; this is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)