Use Extra Caution When Using Heating Equipment

October 25, 2011

Winter will soon be here. As we begin to prepare for cold weather, make sure to get your home heating units inspected.

Read the full article →

Make Sure Your Smoke Alarm Has Power

October 18, 2011

With Daylight Savings ending on November 6 this year, it is always a good reminder to check the smoke alarms in your home. The most common reason for a smoke alarm not functioning is due a power supply related issue. Disconnected power supplies, missing batteries, dead batteries and improperly installed batteries are the most common [...]

Read the full article →

Fire Prevention Week – Know the Stats to Be Fire Safe

October 11, 2011

This year’s Fire Prevention theme is “Protect Your Families From Fires”. As we discuss many times here at NIFAST there are a few things that you can easily do to protect your family: 1. Install smoke alarms on every floor of your home. 2. Test smoke alarms once a month. 3. Change the smoke alarm [...]

Read the full article →

Educate and Extinguish The Fire

October 4, 2011

While we would never debate that fire sprinklers do help save lives, it is important to remember that sprinkler systems only activate once enough heat is generated at the ceiling level to melt the glass on the sprinkler head causing water to release. Long before a sprinkler head releases water, smoke can build in the [...]

Read the full article →

Time for Change – Is Your Smoke Alarm 10 Years Old?

September 27, 2011

Daylight Savings time will soon be here and we will once again mark the change of season and also turning back of the clocks. This time of year is also when we focus on smoke alarms. Do you have enough smoke alarms in your home? How old are they? Are they in the right places? Do [...]

Read the full article →

Watch Your Step – Don’t Slip and Fall

September 20, 2011

  The percentage of people older than 65 have at least one fall each year is more than 33%. Research shows that simple safety modifications at home, where 70% of seniors’ falls occur, can substantially cut the risk of falling. So, let’s find out some ways to reduce the number of falls that occur each [...]

Read the full article →

Studying in Bed with Your Laptop? Be Careful.

September 13, 2011

So, what causes these laptops to overheat? Batteries generate a moving charge, or electricity, and in a lithium-ion battery used in laptops, you will find pressurized containers that house a coil of metal and a flammable liquid. If a laptop battery were to short-circuit, a few possible scenarios could go wrong: If it creates a [...]

Read the full article →

Test Your Home Sprinkler System’s I.Q.

September 6, 2011

Recently the USFA.org provided information about fire sprinklers. Here are five statements about home sprinkler systems. Are they true or false? 1. When one sprinkler goes off, all the sprinklers activate. False! Only the sprinkler over the fire will activate. The sprinkler heads react to temperatures in each room individually. Thus, fire in a bedroom [...]

Read the full article →

Campus Fire Safety Tips for Students

August 30, 2011

With many students going back to school, it is good to remember these tips from the NFPA. Learn more about how NIFAST is helping students stay fire safe with our FLASHPOINT College Program.

Read the full article →

USFA Urges Home Owners to Install. Inspect. Protect.

August 23, 2011

On Oct. 28, 2009 The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) launched a new campaign, Install. Inspect. Protect. The promotion emphasizes smoke alarms save lives. The focus of this campaign is to encourage homeowners to install and maintain smoke alarms and sprinklers. This is a large campaign for the USFA because when smoke alarms and fire sprinklers [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →