Home Safety Resources (06)

Home Fire Safety by Directgov of the UK
Several articles provide tips on fire safety in the home and and avoiding accidents in the kitchen. Fire safety tips include using and checking smoke alarms, smoke alarms for the hearing impaired, and planning fire escape routes for safety. Kitchen safety tips revolve around the theme of kitchen safety for children, and include keeping children out of the kitchen while you're cooking, store glass and breakable items out of reach, keep cleaning materials out of reach, keeping knives in locked drawers for children's safety, using the back burners on the stove, storing hazardous items safely, not drinking hot beverages while feeding a baby and not storing treats near the stove. Other articles cover fire safety in rented accommodations, clearing up after a fire, and how to select and learn to use a fire extinguisher.

Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips
Carbon monoxide, also known as "CO", is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. It is produced by the incomplete burning of solid, liquid and gaseous fuel. Therefore, any fuel-burning appliance in your home is a potential CO source. When appliances are kept in good working condition, they produce little CO. Improperly operating appliances can produce fatal CO concentrations in your home. In addition, using charcoal indoors or running a car in an attached garage can also cause deadly CO poisoning in your home. Informative site advises people never to burn charcoal inside their home or garage, never leave a car running in an attached garage, not to use gasoline powered tools, and to invest in a carbon monoxide detectors. A carbon monoxide question and answer section with press releases, articles and more tips are available.

Home Safety and Emergency Resources
This site offers home security and home emergency resources. Includes information about disasters, fire and emergencies, energy information, environmental information, home improvements, moving tips, product recalls and real estates and mortgages. Links connect to general links and organizations that deal with topics such as pesticide recalls, reporting fake home contractors, protecting children from lead poisoning and pesticides, and consumer energy information. Contact information for home security organizations is offered, to be kept handy for safety and emergency prevention.

Home Safety Tips and Advice for Seniors
Seniors have special safety concerns around the house and this extensive article address dozens of safety tips covering virtually every aspect of the home. Start with Home Furnishings. There are many aspects of home furnishings that can be dangerous for seniors, such as sharp edges, lose or wobbly construction, and the use of gates at the tops and bottom of stairs especially when dealing with Alzheimer's patients. This site also covers such diverse home safety concerns as lighting and colors, special needs of seniors with hear impairments, how to make the home more safe for those seniors who must use a walker or a wheelchairs or other mobility device, how to make the bathroom safe for seniors through the use of handrails, hand-held shower attachments and more great tips. There are also tips and hints for making bedrooms and living rooms more safe for older citizens, as well as information on the use of bells and buzzers to help with answering telephones, outside lighting, fire safety tips, ideas for checking-in daily with a relative or a friend, carbon monoxide detectors, fireplace safety, even tips on the safe placement of shelving. Seniors have special needs and this article helps to identify those needs.