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==Primary Prevention== | |||
To help prevent burns: | |||
* Install smoke alarms in your home. Check and change batteries regularly. | |||
* Teach children about fire safety and the hazards of matches and fireworks. | |||
* Keep children from climbing on top of a stove or grabbing hot items like irons and oven doors. | |||
* Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove so that children can't grab them and they can't be accidentally knocked over. | |||
* Place fire extinguishers in key locations at home, work, and school. | |||
* Remove electrical cords from floors and keep them out of reach. | |||
* Know about and practice fire escape routes at home, work, and school. | |||
* Set temperature of water heater at 120 degrees or less. | |||
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Primary Prevention
To help prevent burns:
- Install smoke alarms in your home. Check and change batteries regularly.
- Teach children about fire safety and the hazards of matches and fireworks.
- Keep children from climbing on top of a stove or grabbing hot items like irons and oven doors.
- Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove so that children can't grab them and they can't be accidentally knocked over.
- Place fire extinguishers in key locations at home, work, and school.
- Remove electrical cords from floors and keep them out of reach.
- Know about and practice fire escape routes at home, work, and school.
- Set temperature of water heater at 120 degrees or less.