 Installing and Testing Your Smoke Alarms
Because fire can grow and spread so quickly, having working smoke alarms in your home can mean the difference between life and death.
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Here Heath (one of our full-time firefighter/EMTs) put dish soap in the dishwasher to demonstrate what can unexpectedly happen creating a very slippery hazard. We checked, this 'demonstration' was not on the schedule. :-) |
 | Here is an example of Gregory in an unsafe act. What can happen to a child sticking their head in a toilet? At a certain pivot point they can lose their balance, going head first into the bowl. Unable to get out, they can drown. Always keep the lid closed. |
 | The Petroleum Equipment Institute is working on a campaign to try and make people aware of fires as a result of "static" (that is, static electricity) at gas pumps. They have researched 150 cases of these fires. The results were very surprising: | - Out of 150 cases, almost all of them were women.
- Almost all cases involved the person getting back in their vehicle while the nozzle was still pumping gas, when finished and they went back to pull the nozzle out the fire started, as a result of static.
- Most had on rubber-soled shoes.
- Most men never get back in their vehicle until completely finished. This is why they are seldom involved in these types of fires.
- Don't ever use cell phones when pumping gas
- It is the vapors that come out of the gas that cause the fire, when connected with static charges.
- There were 29 fires where the vehicle was reentered and the nozzle was touched during refueling from a variety of makes and models. Some resulting in extensive damage to the vehicle, to the station, and to the customer.
- Seventeen fires that occurred before, during or immediately after the gas cap was removed and before fueling began.
NEVER get back into your vehicle while filling it with gas. If you absolutely HAVE to get in your vehicle while the gas is pumping, make sure you get out, close the door TOUCHING THE METAL, before you ever pull the nozzle out. This way the static from your body will be discharged before you ever remove the nozzle.
As mentioned earlier, The Petroleum Equipment Institute, along with several other companies now, are really trying to make the public aware of this danger. You can find out more information by going to www.pei.org. Once here, click in the center of the screen where it says "Stop Static."
I ask you to please send this information to ALL your family and friends, especially those who have kids in the car with them while pumping gas. If this were to happen to them, they may not be able to get the children out in time. Thanks for passing this along.
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