Worthington Fire and Rescue

Because fire can grow and spread so quickly, having working smoke alarms in your home can mean the difference between life and death. But these life-saving devices are only effective when they're working properly. Smoke alarms with batteries that are dead, disconnected, or missing can't alert you to the dangers of smoke and fire. Follow these tips to ensure that your smoke alarms are installed correctly and tested regularly.
Once the alarm sounds, you may have as few as two minutes to escape. By learning how to effectively use the smoke alarm's early warning to get out safely, you'll reduce your risk of dying in a home fire. Click here for more info

Fire can spread rapidly through your home, leaving you as little as two minutes to escape safely once the alarm sounds. Your ability to get out depends on advance warning from smoke alarms, and advance planning — a home fire escape plan that everyone in your family is familiar with and has practiced. Click fo more info

Home Safety Month 2008
This year’s Home Safety Month campaign theme – Hands on Home Safety – asks the public to take some simple hands-on steps to create a safer home environment from the five leading causes of home injury – falls, poisonings, fires and burns, choking/suffocation and drowning. The Home Safety Council (HSC) offers turnkey resources to help families nationwide learn how to be “hands-on” with proper home safety practices

Join the Hands on Home Safety Campaign
During June, the Home Safety Council (HSC) is working educate and motivate families to take actions that will increase the safety of their homes. You can help spread the word by joining the Hands on Home Safety Campaign. It’s easy!
The Home Safety Council has created ready-made home safety resources that you can share with family members, your community members, employees/coworkers and many more to help encourage people to take a hands on approach to making their homes safer this June.
Please use one or more of the resources to help promote Home Safety Month!

Visit: www.mysafehome.org

A stove fire can erupt in seconds, so it is important that you are nearby to put out the flames. The most dangerous and flammable cooking ingredient is oil, so never leave hot oil unwatched. It can burst into flames within seconds. Don't throw water on an oil fire. For more information on stove fires please
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It is the mission of the Worthington Fire Department to safely, efficiently and economically provide quality and caring service to those who live, work and visit our community, which will minimize the loss of life and destruction of property through education, prevention and mitigation of hazardous situations with professional, trained and competent personnel.

June is Home Safety Month