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Smoking and Fire Safety

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Contributed by: John Riordan on 4/2/2008

Smoking and Fire Safety

Install a smoke alarm on every level of your home. Test smoke alarm batteries every month and change them at least once a year. Consider installing a 10-year lithium battery-powered smoke alarm, which is sealed so it cannot be tampered with or opened.
Never smoke in bed. Replace mattresses made prior to the 2007 Federal Mattress Flammability Standard.
Don't put ashtrays on the arms of sofas or chairs.
Use deep ashtrays and soak ashes in water before disposal.
Don't leave cigarettes, cigars or pipes unattended. Put out all smoking materials before you walk away.
If you begin to feel drowsy while watching television or reading, extinguish your cigarette or cigar.
Close a matchbook before striking and hold it away from your body. Set your cigarette lighter on "low" flame.
If smokers have visited, be sure to check the floor and around chair cushions for ashes that may have been dropped accidentally.
Develop and practice a fire escape plan. In case of a fire, crawl or stay low to the ground, beneath the smoke, and use the escape plan you have worked out. Get out and stay out.

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