As part of Fire Prevention Week, I wanted to share with you a video on the best ways to extinguish a kitchen grease fire. Be safe!
The most important thing you can do to prevent a fire in the kitchen is to stay put. The NFPA reports that unattended cooking is the leading cause of home cooking fires. Stay by the stove and be prepared for flames.t takes just minutes for an unattended pot of oil left on the stove to catch fire. A grease fire happens when your cooking oil becomes too hot. When heating, oils first start to boil, then they’ll start smoking, and then they’ll catch on fire. Most vegetable oils have a smoking point around 450°F (232°C), while animal fats like lard or goose fat will start smoking around 375°F (191°C). If you have the unlucky fortune of dealing with a grease fire, here’s what to do.
When shopping for smoke alarms, consumers should be aware of the two different types of smoke alarms: ionization and photoelectric. While both types are effective smoke sensors, ionization type detectors respond quickly to flaming fires, while photoelectric type detectors respond sooner to smoldering fires. Since consumers can’t predict what types of fires might break out, experts recommend you have both types in your home. Remember, when you go to sleep at night, one of the first things to sleep in your nose! Smoke alarms save lives. Each year there are more than 300,000 residential fires. Smoke alarms provide valuable time for a family to escape a home fire. Studies show that two-thirds of the fire deaths come from homes that do not have smoke alarms or have smoke alarms that have dead batteries.