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Health & Fitness

Fire Prevention Week October 9 -- 15, 2011

PROTECT YOU FAMILY FROM FIRE

October 9 to 15 is Fire Prevention week, this weeks theme is " Protect your family from fire". Here are a few prevention tips;

Develop a safety plan and practice it.

Check your smoke detectors to make sure they are working properly.

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Make sure you have a carbon monoxide detector.

Make sure to keep your fireplace and wood stove ashes in metal containers.

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Never use water to put out a grease fire, put a lid on it !

Be careful when using candles, never leave them unattended.

Alternative heating appliances such as kerosene heaters, never use gasoline in these units.

For other safety tips you can go to www.nfpa.org. Thank you to the Montville Fire Company and Montville Firefighters Association Local 3386 for providing fire prevention material this year for our schools, without your donation we could not purchase the materials

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