The document provides essential information on fire safety, highlighting the dangers of home fires, particularly for children under 14, and the importance of preventative measures. Key recommendations include installing smoke alarms, eliminating fire hazards, and maintaining safety practices around cooking and heating sources. It emphasizes preparing a fire escape plan, especially for households with children who have special needs.

1. What You Need to Know About Fire Services?
Every day, we use fire to prepare our food and heat our homes. However, as we all know, fire can be
dangerous. Every year, home fire leads to countless serious consumes and roughly 600 passing in
youngsters under age 14. Half of the youngster's dies are younger than 4 since they are least ready to
get away. Indeed, fires are the main source of death in the home for kids.
To ensure your family, you have to find a way to help avert fires in the home—and to guard everybody
in case of one.
Introduce and Maintain Smoke Alarms
Smoke cautions give you an early cautioning of a fire, giving you an opportunity to escape with your
youngsters before your home is loaded up with blazes and smoke. Most lethal fire happens around
evening time when individuals are dozing, so an early cautioning is vital. Smoke alerts can cut the danger
of death by 50 percent.
Dispense with Fire Hazards from Your Home
Go through your home, room by room, to lessen fire risks:
 Electrical strings and outlets: Don't over-burden outlets. Supplant frayed or harmed strings. Try not
to run strings far from anyone's regular field of vision as they can overheat and burst into fire.
 Oven/Stove: Clean oil from the broiler to avoid oil fires. Potholders, drapes, and towels can burst
into fire, so fend off them from burners. Never leave cooking food unattended.
 Matches, lighters, and candles: These are the main reason for kids' death. Keep them away from
kids, ideally locked up. Always blow off the fire before you leave the room or sleep.
 Fireplace: Use a metal screen or glass door before the chimney. Have chimneys and stacks examined
and cleaned once every year.
 Children's pajamas: ensure kids' sleepwear is fire resistant or close-fitted.
 Cigarettes: It is most advantageous and most secure not to smoke, and not to permit smoking in
your home. Never smoke close combustible fluids. Never smoke in bed or when you're sleepy or
have been drinking—this is a real reason for a home fire.
 Space radiators: Avoid utilizing electric and lamp fuel warmers. If they should be utilized, ward off
them from clothing, bedding, furniture, and curtain. Make a point to turn them off and unplug them
when you leave the room or head to sleep. Ensure lamp fuel warmers are all around ventilated to
counteract carbon monoxide harming.
 Furnace: Have it reviewed once per year. Try not to store anything close it that could burst into fire.
 Dryer: Lint can burst into fire, so clean it from the dryer's channel after each heap.
 Paint; gas, propane, paint thinner, lamp oil and smelling salts: Store combustible fluids in their
unique holders, with tight-fitting lids. Store them far from radiators and out of kids' compass ideally
secured up a shed outside the home. Never use fuel as a cleaning specialist.
 Doors and windows: Keep them clear of furniture and put away boxes. Ensure they can open
effectively in case of fire.
If your kid has special needs, for example, visual deficiency, a development delay, deafness or
development challenges, ask your specialist or contact fire services in Sydney to know about proper fire
safety and a getaway plan.