Cooking Fires

11/29/2021 (Permalink)

Something as simple as cooking a meal can lead to a disaster.

Cooking fires are the leading cause of loss in residential fires. Fire departments respond to an average of nearly 190,000 cooking fires a year. Of those fires, an estimated 170 deaths, 3,000 injuries, and $443 million in property damage were a result. This goes to show that even something as simple as cooking a meal can lead to a disaster. Here are a few tips brought to you by the United States Fire Administration (USFA) to help make sure that this trend does not continue: 

• Stay in the kitchen: leaving the room while cooking at high temperatures could easily start a fire. 
• Set a timer: setting a timer allows us to not get distracted while cooking. 
• Keep flammable materials away from the stove: when cooking substances like grease can splatter and catch close-by items on fire. 
• Turn pot handles toward the stove: turning the handles of your pots and pans towards the stove will help prevent someone from accidentally bumping and spilling food/liquids. 
• Keep a lid on hand: if a grease fire does begin, quickly place a lid over the top of the pan to cover the fire from spreading. 

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