FIRE PREVENTION / FIRE SAFETY TIPS

• Properly install smoke detectors throughout your home
• Regularly Test your smoke detectors
  *** make sure your change your battery every year when you change your clocks
• Have a home fire escape plan
  ***know at least two ways to get out
• Have a designated meeting place outside for all the members of your family
  *** practice your home escape plan
• Learn to Stop, Drop and Roll

For further information, check out the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) web site on Fire Prevention Week.

You can also learn more about fire prevention at our Annual Fire Expo, which is held every year on the Friday evening immediately preceding Fire Prevention Week (Fire Prevention Week is the week that includes October 8th — the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire.)