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Fire Safety in the Kitchen

The holidays are upon us.  For many of you, Thanksgiving is a time when big feasts are made in the kitchen.  But all too often, the hustle and bustle of the holidays and distractions caused by entertaining family and guests can be dangerous.  CESD would like to remind everyone this month to keep these important kitchen fire safety tips in mind while cooking, whether it’s during the holidays or any other time of the year.

  • Don’t leave food cooking on the stove unattended
  • Keep combustible materials away from the stove
  • Turn in your pot handles to keep curious children from being burned or pots accidentally being bumped off the stove or spilling grease
  • Make sure your electrical outlets are GFCI protected

Remember, fire needs three things in order to burn; heat, fuel, and oxygen.  If you remove just one of these, the fire will go out.

  • If you have a small fire in a pot on the stove, sometimes simply putting the lid on the pot will extinguish the fire. This removes the oxygen availability.
  • If you have a big fire on the stove, get everyone out of the house if possible and call 911 from outside the house or from a neighbor’s house.
  • If you have a fire in the oven, turn off the power or gas to the oven and LEAVE THE OVEN DOOR CLOSED. Ovens are designed to hold heat.  Eventually the fire will become deprived of oxygen.  Call 911 so that we can check to make sure the fire is out and contained to the oven only.
  • If you have a grease fire, DO NOT throw water on it. Grease floats on top of water.  The only thing you will do is spread the fire.  Get everyone out of the house if possible and call 911 from outside the house or from a neighbor’s house.

When in doubt, call 9-1-1.  We would rather respond early to find nothing than later to find something.

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