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Fire Safety In Kitchen
We take as many precautions as we can to make every room in the
house as safe as possible. But special precautions must be taken in
the kitchen. Most accidents that happen at home take place in the
kitchen. Therefore adequate measures must be taken for kitchen
safety. Since electrical appliances and cooking gas are used in the
kitchen, fire safety precautions are a must. All members of the
family must follow kitchen safety measures carefully, especially
while cooking in the kitchen. Following these safety measures might
save your life in an emergency. Here are a few kitchen safety tips,
for fire safety while using cooking gas.
- Once you have completed cooking, make sure that you have turned
off the stove and other appliances in the kitchen. Especially so
before you lock the house and leave.
- LPG or cooking gas is actually a colorless, odorless gas. An
artificial odor is added to the gas, so that the consumer can smell
it, in case of a leak and take appropriate measures to seal the
leak. Smell cooking gas and learn the smell, so that you can
identify a gas leak if one occurs.
- Do not repair gas appliances by yourself. Get a profession to
repair it.
- Take the lighter in one hand and then ignite the stove, instead
of, opening the knob completely and then igniting.
- Get all gas appliances serviced regularly.
- Get a professional to install your gas appliance.
- Do not tamper with the safety valves for any reason.
- Turn off the gas cylinder before you leave your home and before
you go to bed each night.
- Use gas appliances that are approved and are of good quality.
Ensure that all the parts have proper certification.
- If you smell gas in the kitchen, when the stove in not in use,
turn off the cylinder/regulator immediately. This will cut off the
gas supply and an accident may be averted. Open all windows and
doors of the kitchen, so that there is adequate air supply. Do not
turn on any electrical appliance in the kitchen at this time.
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