Home Fire Safety

Home Fire Safety
By Erby Crofutt, B4U Close Home Inspections www.b4uclose.com


Is your home as Fire Safe as you can make it?

The answers to these questions will help determine if your home is as safe as
you can make it.
* Do you have the right kind of Fire & Smoke Detectors?
* If your house has natural gas, propane or oil service, or a fireplace/wood
stove, do you have Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
* Are the detectors in the right places?
* Did you replace the detectors when you moved into your home and at least
every 10 years thereafter?
* Do you test the detectors on a monthly basis?
* Have you replaced the detector batteries recently?
* Do you have the right kind of Fire Extinguishers in the right places?
* Do you have a fire escape plan and practice it with your children?
* Do you have a fireproof container for all your really important documents?
(Birth Certificates, Stocks, Wills, precious drawings from school, etc)
* Do you have a residential fire sprinkler system in your house?
(These are mostly found in newer homes. They typically cost $0.60 to $1.00
a square foot in new homes (about the same as a carpet replacement) and can
greatly reduce both fire and water damage. Only heads exposed to the fire
start spraying water. The 15