- · Set up Exit Drills In The Home (EDITH) - practice evacuating your house, and meeting at the designated point OUTSIDE.
- · GET OUT of your house if you have a fire - call 911 from your neighbor's house.
- · Take a walk around your house, shed, garage and property. Repair or discard any unsafe items, and make sure you have any flammable materials stored safely.
- · Discard properly any soiled cleaning rags or towels. Soiled material can spontaneously combust under certain conditions.
- · Clean your clothes dryer's filter between each load.
- · Pull your dryer out from the wall, and ensure that there isn't a dangerous buildup of lint behind the dryer or in the exhaust hose.
- · Make sure that everything you put in the dishwasher is safe for dishwasher use - plastic can burn from contacting the heating element.