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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 506, 5 October 1993, Page 7

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A- in IF THERE IS FIRE: C1 Warn Goto the O Call die ■■■% others meeting Fire Brigade ■ OCTOBER and fire fatalities occur at the bedroom areas. Your home is only as breakers are safety de- Remember to empty Service advises every ■ ■ ■© IflCIS night. safe as you make it: regu- vices. Should a fuse ashes into a metal con- family to compile a home Didyouknow? • Most fires in the • All householders lar checks of all electrical blow, source th e problem tainer, not in a paper sack safety check-list, • Every year the New home start in the kitchen, should have a pre- appliances go a long way and correct it before re- or plastic rubbish bin. checking room by room Zealand Fire Service at- with the living room be- planned escape drill to towards preventing fires placing the fuse. Use the Fire guards should be as to how your house tends over 6,000 fires in ing the next highest risk safely cope with a fire. in the home. right size fuses. installed on all open fires, rates on a fire safety homes. area. The plan should include a •Electrical safety: • Heater safety: with furnishings placed scale. The check-list • About 30 fire deaths • In the event of a fire means of alerting people Check cords and plugs Guards should be fitted well elear of fireplaces. should have an electrical occur annually. you normally have less toafire. for cracks, breaks, fray- on all heaters. For gas appliance check of every • Nearly 500 people than three minutes to ing and any exposed heaters, strike the match Lastly, where the flue appliance in the home are injured in fires each reach a place of safety. • ThP cmPll nf cmnke wiring; test plugs for before turning on the gas of a free-standing fire- (garage and workshop year. • Heat can reach 500 , , Tt overheating; replace bro- supply, and make sure place passes through a included), as well as a • The majority of fire degrees centigrade in fire ^!t ™ 6fhP j_tn a ken power points - don't gas heaters are filled and ceiling, it should be clear check of the outside victims die from inhaling - the body stops working , , Smnke overload them by running maintained according to of combustible materials, section. smoke and/or toxic fumes at 70 degrees centigrade. . eeper Sep', , . several high wattage ap- manufacturers' specifica- with the flue located cen- How well does your - not from being burned. • Smoke will make chancet survival. pliances on the same cir- tions. Ihe- New Zealand Fire home measure up? • Smoke alarms are a you unconscious within ~ cuit. Situate portable oilvital fire safety device in seconds, not minutes. filled fires. and gas all dwellings. • Smoke alarms need ^ fSC Ensure appliances such heaters in a draught-free 9 iTi Vim^J iJA| gJLi U • Correctly installed to be installed on each as heaters' TV s, stereos position and keep smoke alarms can reduce level of a home and in , ^ anC* computers have furnishings well clear. the risk of fire deaths by particular, between the ^ plenty of air space to pre- |THHHW7IW| 74 per cent. hazard areas, such as H /V* - iiJ4 vent overheating and • Fireplace safety: H iTi f |lMI M 1 1 lJ-fl • The majority of fires kitchens and garages and fc ■■PVfe* switch off appliances if Use firelighters to start Bfl U L A A ^1,0,1 l L yi Ti I B m| | I there is a power cut. fires - NEVER use accel- \ jufflS J * Switching appliances off erants such as' petrol or M""MT M "WB C jT" E ,= f % ® * E? \|UWP^K at the wall when not in lighter fluid. !T a Mm EC f v' ^cri i Or 3\ I >s use is also a prevention Sweep chimneys on a /mdomeetlc, commercialX Fuses and cii rcuit nfir basie g "ul ari y" A new Masport | V-' V HOW SAFE IS YOUR HOME? "vf Electrical | TEST YOUR FIRE SflFETY RflTING i $599.00/ / X ^ Assoc. ofNZ JF you ,eave matches and 'i!JMers *h8re children can get them? j l&ESSE DO you leave the kitchen whilecooking with fator oil? H 0 you remember to turn off your electric blanket ? Jidm SSg — . 00 y°u have your chimney, flue and fireplace cleaned and checked F Erant Bright Electrical r***? ^ Phone (025) 452 S>90 DO you know how to safely dispose of ashes from HAII'T DE yrWTV DO you use electrical equipment and appliances C} UUN I DE NEAIa according to the manufacturer's instruc- xF^lr V | IS your barbequeina safe place? 1 ■■■■'mZTT'T1 DO you make a 'before bed' check of your home each night? ^ Keep your chimney TOflV fy0U are not sure ofthe any !■!'!■!■!'! or flume clear - have question then you and your family ^ n n ■ §y| , ■ , ■ j ■ j ■ j ■ j- may be at risk. CSSSi Sr* U Wgj them swept today! MAKE YOUR HOME AS SAFE AS HOUSES'. SPECIALS! PA^^E'S To publicise the common fire risk l/New Mower Blades $16 areas, and to increase your awareness ^Tune-Up, Check-over & ! i ! i ! i ! i ! i ! CLE AN ING Of good fire safety practices, the New Blade SharDen $20 ^ ^ ^ ^ Zealand Fire Service has declared this ° iauf / j 1 j ! j ! ^ SER^iGE week to be fire safety week i^VVisedeatGr Lino Cord Phone (06) 385 8103 This message kindly sponsored by Seddon St