Home fire safety checklist

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Alarms

Smoke alarms outside every sleeping area and in the main living area How?
Every alarm tested in the last month How?
A carbon monoxide alarm wherever you use gas, wood or paraffin to heat How?

Equipment

An ABC fire extinguisher near the kitchen exit, serviced in the last year How?
A fire blanket mounted near the kitchen exit, not above the stove How?
An extinguisher on a bracket in the car How?

Getting out

Everyone knows two ways out of the house and where to meet outside How?
Keys for security gates and burglar bars are reachable at night, by every adult How?
112 and your local fire brigade number are saved in every phone How?

Gas and heating

Gas connections leak-tested with soapy water after every cylinder change How?
Gas heaters never used in bedrooms or bathrooms, or left on overnight How?
A gas Certificate of Conformity for fixed gas installations How?
Chimney swept in the last year (if you burn wood) How?

Power and batteries

Inverter and batteries installed with an electrical Certificate of Compliance How?
Batteries kept away from escape routes, gas cylinders and fuel How?

Outside

Braai coals put out or watched until cold; never revived with petrol or paraffin How?
Dry grass and rubbish cleared from around the house (firebreaks on plots) How?

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