Following the New England Winter we just experienced, the month of April should provide us time to get ready for Spring and the upcoming comfortable weather. Listed below are some of the topics that could now be addressed to help assure your family, home and property will be fire safe:
- With warmer weather, it would be a good time to review and practice your family home fire escape plan.
- Assure that all your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are in working order.
- Review the two ways out of each room in your home.
- Be sure that everyone knows where your outside meeting place is located.
- Review the procedure; you have to call 911 from outside the building.
- Clear debris from around your home, inside and outside.
- Assure that interior and exterior exit pathways are not blocked by any accumulated winter rubbish or materials.
- Clean up materials such as brush, tree limbs, and leaves from around your home and yard.
- Arrange to have leaves and other debris removed from your gutters and other roof areas where debris collects. (roof valleys, etc.)
- Now is a good time to clean out any accumulated lint deposits from your clothes dryer vent system.
- Inspect and clean outside cooking grills. Make sure that gas fittings, hoses and tanks do not leak.
- While cleaning areas of your home, garage, and out buildings, assure that any household chemicals and containers are stored and/or disposed of properly.
The Members of the Suffield Fire Department wish you and your family a continued safe 2026!
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