Safety First Before the Feast

11/10/2020 (Permalink)

Safety First

Each November, families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving by preparing a delicious feast, but if you don't practice safe cooking habits, your happy holiday could quickly become hazardous in a blink of an eye. According to NEPA cooking in the main cause of home fires and injuries with the Thanksgiving holidays being the peak day for cooking related fire. Review the following safety tips to help ensure you can enjoy a safe holiday. 

• Never leave cooking food unattended 
• Check food regularly while cooking and remain in the home while kitchen equipment is in use.
• Keep small children away from cooking area. Enforce a kid free zone.
• Keep anything flammable away from the stove, oven, or other appliances in the kitchen that generates heat.
• Do not wear loose clothing or dangling sleeves while cooking.
• Purchase a fire extinguisher to keep  in the kitchen year round.
• Install a smoke alarm near the kitchen, on each level of the home, near sleeping areas, and inside and outside of bedrooms. 

SERVPRO Of Harlingen & San Benito wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving and holiday season.