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Fire Safety

Fire SafetyOctober is fire safety month.

Each year more than 100,000 people in the United States experience a major household fire.

An estimated 2,800 children age 14 or younger are injured and 850 killed in residential fires. Of these children, over 40 percent are under the age five and 70 percent are under the age of 10.

Learn way to make your home safer and help children understand the dangers of fire and things they can do to protect themselves from fire.

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Kitchen Fires

Many people think that water is one of the only ways to put out a fire. Sometimes putting water on a fire can make it worse.

To learn more about this simulate what water may do to a kitchen fire using a clear glass, cooking oil, and water.

First add a few tablespoons of cooking oil to the glass - similar to an amount you may use cooking.

Next add water to the glass. What happens?

Why does water make the grease fire spread rather than put it out?


Talk about other situations where it may not be safe to use water to put out a fire. Click on this site to learn about the dangers in using water to put out electrical fires.