Fire Prevention and Safety Tips

Fire prevention is everyone's responsibility. Keeping your surroundings accident free is also extremely important to avoid injury and even death. Below are several links to safety information that you can read or print for future referral.

Cooking Safety: The Greensboro Fire Department wants you to know about Cooking Fire Safety. Each year in North America, kitchen fires kill hundreds of people and injure thousands. Simply following the basic fire-safety tips listed below can prevent most of these fires.

Don't leave cooking unattended: Stay in the kitchen whenever anything is cooking, and never leave food cooking on your stove or in your oven when you leave home. Turn off stoves and appliances promptly when you're finished using them, and unplug electrical appliances when they are not in use.

Heating Safety: A city of Greensboro news release titled HEATING and HOME FIRE SAFETY outlines important safety tips. Read more at Heating and Home Fire Safety

Fire Extinguisher Use: A portable fire extinguisher can save lives and property by putting out a small fire or containing it until the fire department arrives; but portable extinguishers have limitations. Read more at Fire

Holiday Safety: The Greensboro Fire Department wants you to know about Holiday Fire Safety. Each year fires occurring during the holiday season injure 2,600 individuals and cause over $930 million in damage, according to the United States Fire Administration.

Special fire safety precautions need to be taken when keeping a live tree in the house. A burning tree can rapidly fill a room with fire and deadly gases. Read more at Holiday Safety.

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