Fire

October is fire safety month, it comes, it goes, it is important. In schools we have fire drills, we have a leaflet that goes home and I hope many pay attention. In our home we have fire alarms with batteries, annoying as they may be. I know sometimes the oven smokes after cooking bacon, or the soup gets on the burner and then we have to listen to the blaring sound. Don’t take the batteries out, please.

We have a chemical fire extinguisher in the kitchen, our fire escape plan has been discussed, now and earlier when the kids were small. It’s a five minute talk. How to get out and where to meet.

I have had 2 little kitchen fires, one was a wax smelly thing that sat on the table that you plug in. Burnt my fingers tossing it into the sink. Another time grease spilt on the burner in the oven and hubby covered it with a big cookie sheet. Sounds simple, could of been worse.

My husband has been in two fires, that is the force behind our plan. In his childhood home, a relative put a towel on a radiator, their house burnt to the ground, only the cast iron tub remained. They were rescued, it was the middle of the night. The other fire was his ghetto blaster caught fire at the plug, while he slept. His father smelt smoke and openned the door, the oxygen fueled the fire and his bed caught on fire with him in it. He was able to get out, and they tossed the matress out the window to thankfully prevent any spread.

Many kids are falling asleep with their electronics plugged in as they use them till they go to sleep. A five minute talk people, not to cause fear, but to educate..