| Fire can Kill | | | | grafts and plastic surgery operations. With boys it |
| Fire as we all know can keep us alive in adverse | | | | tends to be from the use of matches and lighting |
| situations, indeed it is an essential to life that we all | | | | fires outside the home. |
| recognise. Fire is a comforter, there is nothing better | | | | Every family should make every member aware of |
| than to sit in a darkened room on a winter night with | | | | the consequences of fire on themselves and the |
| just a fire, some background music and a hot drink or | | | | home and ensure that each person knows how to |
| otherwise as you prefer. | | | | alert others and the fire authorities.Doing a home fire |
| Fire is a killer, it is a predator that will keep eating its | | | | risk is not too difficult, imagine the house as a lot of |
| way through whatever food it can find and | | | | boxes. Have a wander around with your arsonist hat |
| wherever it can find it, (paper, wood, paint, clothes | | | | on, and find the place where if you were going to |
| etc). Our homes are full of accesses to fire, candles, | | | | start a fire this would be it. Why? Build up of rubbish, |
| cookers, matches etc.There are also plenty of | | | | loads of junk etc stored with plenty of flammable |
| flammable materials under the sink with cleaning fluids | | | | materials laying around, sort out the problem to |
| and the like. | | | | prevent a possible spread of fire should one occur. |
| One of the greatest causes of fire in the home does | | | | Take note of the construction of your inner walls, |
| not jump out at us immediately, but it is in fact | | | | how long would it take for the fire to break through. |
| clothes catching fire. There are approximately 1000 | | | | Alarms, fire blankets and carbon monoxide detectors |
| incidents of this nature per year in the UK, mainly | | | | are not too expensive these days and should be |
| concerning the elderly and teenage girls with flimsy | | | | available in all houses. There are lots of things that |
| dresses. These accidents involve approximately a ten | | | | can be done, it is just a matter of common sense |
| per cent fatality rate, and a high proportion of skin | | | | and being aware of consequences. |