Family Safety Presentation

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S A F E
FAMILY
Kitchen Fires
Keeping your home hazard-free
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Kitchen Fires

• Every year without fail, personnel and spouses
  are injured in kitchen fires, triggered when they
  overheat grease while frying food.
• Grease fires are extremely dangerous because the
  burning grease is easily spilled, which spreads
  the flames to curtains or cabinets.
• According to the National Fire Protection
  Association, unattended cooking is the leading
  cause of home cooking fires. Stay by the stove
  and be prepared for flames.
• Dont use water on a grease fire. It wont put it
  out, but instead, will cause it to splash and
  spread. It will also produce dangerous steam.

S A F E
FAMILY
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Kitchen Fires

• Get everyone out of the building. Fires spread
  extremely quickly and can overwhelm victims in
  minutes.
• Call 911. The fire department can always go back
  to the station if you are able to get the fire
  out without help.
• The easiest way to smother a grease fire is to
  cover it with a pan lid, preferably metal. Glass
  lids can break from the extreme heat of open
  flame.
• Grease fires can also be smothered with baking
  soda, but it takes a lot of baking soda to do the
  trick. Unless the baking soda is easily
  accessible, it's usually easier to quickly find a
  lid.

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FAMILY
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ily_safety/
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Kitchen Fires

• A dry chemical fire extinguisher will also work,
  but it will contaminate your kitchen and food.
• Dont try to carry the fire outside.
• You can also spray the fire with a Class B dry
  chemical fire extinguisher. Note that this method
  will ruin the food and contaminate dishes and
  utensils.
• Carefully slide a lid over the pan. Turn off the
  burner, don't move the pan, and keep the lid on
  until the pan cools completely.

S A F E
FAMILY
For more safety resources, visit
http//www.safetycenter.navy.mil/presentations/Fam
ily_safety/