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MEDIA KIT
• Plan landscaping with fi re prevention in mind; create fi re breaks
(such as a green lawn, rock garden, or well-spaced trees) 10-30
feet around your home.
• Clear debris, prune dead and thin trees near any building.
Fires at Home
Your home together with your loved possessions can be destroyed by
fi re mainly due to carelessness. It can also injure, maim or kill members
of your family.
Be aware of the major causes of fi re in homes:
• Matches and smoking hazards
• Overheating and cooking hazards
• Electrical hazards
• Children playing with matches and other lighting apparatus
Matches and smoking hazards
A common act of carelessness is to throw away lighted matches and
cigarette butts. Even pipe embers can produce a fi re if they are in
contact with combustible materials like newspapers and cloth.
Make sure that you extinguish all matches, cigarette butts and pipe
contents before you dispose them off.
Do
• Provide ash-trays for matches and cigarettes.
• Extinguish all matches and cigarette butts completely.
Don’t
• Throw lighted matches and cigarette butts into rubbish
chutes or out of the window.
• Smoke in bed.
• Leave lighted cigarettes unattended.
Overheating and cooking hazards
Negligence and ignorance in using home appliances have caused many
fi res. Observe fi re safety measures strictly to prevent any tragedy.