Fire Safety In Your Kitchen.

10/5/2020 (Permalink)

Fire Safety In Your Kitchen. 

Fall is officially here! As the leaves change colors, football begins, and the holidays get closer and closer, you may find yourself in the kitchen more and more. October fourth through the tenth is fire prevention week. This year's fire prevention week theme is "Serve Up Fire Safety In The Kitchen!" Cooking equipment is behind almost 50% of all home fires. We're sharing a few tips to help you prevent a fire from starting in your kitchen. 

• Most fires that start in the home involve the stove. Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, boiling, grilling, or broiling food. Turn off the stove if you need to leave the kitchen for an extended length of time. 
• Keep your cooking area free of oven-mitts, towels, wooden utensils, and food packaging. 
• Clean up food and grease from burners and stovetops. 
• Keep pets off of cooking surfaces and nearby countertops. 
• If you are sleepy, have consumed alcohol, or taken medication that makes you tired, don't cook. 
• Never use a portable fire extinguisher to extinguish flames from a grease fire. It will cause the fire to spread. 
• Turn pot handles away from the stove's edge. 

If you have a fire in your home, after the first responders leave, call SERVPRO of South Greenville County (864) 292-3137!