Calgary, AB,
07
October
2013
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10:12
America/Denver
Calgary Fire Department Promotes Kitchen Safety for Fire Prevention Week
Having a pot lid and oven mitt handy and setting a cooking timer are just some of the fire prevention tips the Calgary Fire Department is sharing this week in celebration of national Fire Prevention Week and its theme of ‘Preventing Kitchen Fires’.
The Calgary Fire Department, along with other fire departments across the country, is participating in Fire Prevention Week which runs from October 6 – 12, 2013.
“With busy lives, we often multitask to get everything done, including when making meals. This can lead to leaving cooking unattended with sometimes disastrous results,” said Calgary Fire Department Public Information Officer Carol Henke. “We want to share important fire safety tips that Calgarians can use in their home not just this week, but throughout the year.”
“With busy lives, we often multitask to get everything done, including when making meals. This can lead to leaving cooking unattended with sometimes disastrous results,” said Calgary Fire Department Public Information Officer Carol Henke. “We want to share important fire safety tips that Calgarians can use in their home not just this week, but throughout the year.”
A pot lid and oven mitt is recommended to have nearby when cooking so that if a small grease fire starts in a pan, the flames can be smothered by carefully sliding the lid over the pan. Setting a cooking timer can help to ensure cooking is not left unattended for long periods. Some other safety tips from the Calgary Fire Department to prevent kitchen fires and cooking injuries are:
• Never leave cooking unattended, stay in the kitchen when you are cooking on the stovetop.
• If you must leave the kitchen, turn off the stove and remove pots from the burner.
• Use the stove’s back burners whenever possible and turn pot handles inward to reduce the risk of pots being knocked over.
• Keep children and pets at least one metre away from the stove.
• Keep anything that can burn a safe distance from the stovetop.
• If you must leave the kitchen, turn off the stove and remove pots from the burner.
• Use the stove’s back burners whenever possible and turn pot handles inward to reduce the risk of pots being knocked over.
• Keep children and pets at least one metre away from the stove.
• Keep anything that can burn a safe distance from the stovetop.
“There are many simple things that everyone can do on a daily basis to prevent injuries and prevent a fire in the kitchen,” said Henke.
In 2012, the Calgary Fire Department responded to more than 1,800 fires. Almost 40 percent of those were kitchen fires; fire originating in the kitchen or caused by cooking. In Alberta, cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home fire injuries and the second cause of home fire deaths.
For more information about Fire Prevention Week, visit:
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Fire/Pages/Programs/Fire-Prevention-Week/Fire-Prevention-Week.aspx
For more information about Fire Prevention Week, visit:
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Fire/Pages/Programs/Fire-Prevention-Week/Fire-Prevention-Week.aspx
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