Home safety tips
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Make sure your address is visible from the road for emergency personnel. - In case of fire, get out and stay out! Use your home escape plan.
- Keep matches, cigarette and barbecue lighters out of sight and reach of children.
- Shut off appliances such as coffee makers and clothes dryers when leaving the house.
- If using a space heater, keep it at least one metre away from combustibles, such as paper, bedding, furniture and curtains. Be sure to turn off the space heater before going to bed.
- Use only safe holding containers for candles.
- Keep all medications and household cleaners locked away and out of reach of children.
- Never use electrical appliances around water.
- Use a non-slip surface in the bathtub.
- Ensure stair rails are secure and carpets are firmly attached to prevent sliding.
- Ensure your children and sitter know emergency numbers.
- Take a first aid course.
When outdoors:
- Safeguard pools and hot tubs.
- Know the rules of outdoor burning.
- Don't overfill gasoline and propane tanks.
- Refuel gasoline powered engines outside only.
- Ensure a minimum 1 metre clearance exists between heating appliances and other stored items.
Some holiday safety tips from Alberta Emergency Management Agency...
Use our Home Inspection Checklist to help make your home a safer place to live.
Further information
emergencyservices@strathcona.ca
780-467-5216
Last updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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