Tell Children About Fire Safety

If you use a fireplace or woodstove inside your home, it is extremely important to practice attentive safety precautions to avoid dangerous accidents that can cause injury and damage to your home. This is even more true if you have kids living in, or visiting your home. Having an open flame of any type basically means you will need to be more conscientious in making sure all safety precautions are followed and never allow those areas where that open flame is to go without supervision.You must teach children about the dangers of fires in the home. Explain to them that fires are helpful for heating the home in a more environmentally friendly and efficient way and that?s why you use them. Also, explain to them the need to be extremely careful around any open flame in the home.

Teach your kids proper safety techniques by following them and using them yourself. Always use protective tools when tending to an open flame, and use a fireplace cage and other protective steps ? particularly when kids are present. Teach your children that they shouldn?t play with burning logs or anything hot, and that if they see a spark or see anything outside the wood stove burning, to tell an adult promptly. The most important thing to remember is that you should never leave a child unattended by a burning fireplace or wood stove.With that said, you should also instruct your children in the dangers of playing with and using lighters and matches. Often we assume our kids just know these things are dangerous and forget they are curious creatures and like to explore and find out things on their own. Most homes have lighters, matches and sometimes torches just lying around within reach. Since children see us casually using these items and sometimes think they should be able to use them as well it is beneficial to make sure these are kept in places beyond the reach of childrenOnce a kid is old enough to reach the matches and lighters they are normally old enough to use them responsibly.


It is then parents should instruct their kids in how to use them. Being instructed in how to start a fire or correctly light the bar-b-que is a great way to teach safety when it comes to fire.By practicing safe techniques in and around your home, you will protect your family and your belongings from unnecessary damage. Outside of this, you will teach your kids to use safe practices inside your home, and when they are not with you. It?s of the utmost importance to teach kids how to act safely around any fire.