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Fire Safety

Simple steps that protect your family. Questions? Call our non-emergency line. In an emergency, always call 911.

Fire safety right now

Tips for this time of year. They change by themselves through the seasons.

Make a home escape plan

In a fire, you may have as little as two minutes to get out safely. A plan your whole family has practiced makes those minutes count.

Once you're out, stay out. Never go back inside a burning building, not even for pets. Tell firefighters who is missing.

Drawing of a home with two escape routes leading to a family at their meeting place

  1. Step 1

    Draw your home

    Sketch every room and mark two ways out of each: a door and a window.

  2. Step 2

    Check the exits

    Make sure windows open easily and doors aren't blocked. Upstairs bedrooms may need escape ladders.

  3. Step 3

    Pick a meeting place

    Something permanent in front of your home, like a tree, mailbox or neighbor's driveway.

  4. Step 4

    Plan for everyone

    Decide who will help young children, older adults and anyone with limited mobility.

  5. Step 5

    Practice twice a year

    Run a drill at night too. Teach kids to get low under smoke and to never hide.

Smoke alarm on a ceiling sounding its alarm

Smoke & CO alarm care

WhatHow often
Press the test buttonEvery month
Replace batteries (non-sealed alarms)Every year, or when it chirps
Vacuum dust from the alarmTwice a year
Replace smoke alarmsEvery 10 years
Replace CO alarmsEvery 5 to 7 years (check the label)

Interconnected alarms are best: when one sounds, they all sound. If anyone in your home is deaf or hard of hearing, ask us about alarms with strobe lights or bed shakers.

Free smoke alarm checks. We'll test your alarms, help with placement, and install alarms for residents who need them.

Request a visit
Minutes you may have to escape
2
Years before a smoke alarm must be replaced
10
Kid-free, clutter-free zone around heaters
3 ft

Safety by topic

Home essentials

People

Seasonal

Outdoors

A smiling child wearing a red firefighter helmet

For kids: be a fire safety hero

  • Know the sound

    When the smoke alarm beeps, get out and stay out.

  • Get low and go

    Crawl under smoke to your exit.

  • Stop, drop and roll

    If your clothes catch fire, cover your face and roll.

  • Know 911

    Learn your address so you can tell the 911 operator where you are.

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