How not to become one of the 1,400 households on Thanksgiving to have a home cooking fire this year!

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A post to educate your community how to cook safety for thanksgiving

Joseph Porcelli

How not to become one of the 1,400 households on Thanksgiving to have a home cooking fire this year!

Thanksgiving is the peak day for home fires, more than three times the daily average. We can’t help you with your challenging relatives, but the tips below will help keep you and your family safe.

𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐒

➡️ Make sure your smoke alarms are working. Test them by pushing the test button.

➡️ Stay in the kitchen while cooking on the stovetop so you can keep an eye on the food.

➡️ Stay in the house when cooking your turkey in the oven and check on it frequently. Set a timer to remind you.

➡️ Keep the floor clear so you don’t trip over kids, toys, pocketbooks, or bags.

𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄

➡️ Kids and pets should always be 3 feet away from the stove/oven and where hot food/liquids are served. Steam or splashes from vegetables, gravy, or coffee could cause serious burns.

➡️ Keep knives out of the reach of children.

➡️ Be sure electric cords from an electric knife, coffee maker, plate warmer, crock pot, or mixer are not dangling off the counter within easy reach of a child or pet.

➡️ Keep matches and utility lighters out of the reach of children — up high in a locked cabinet

➡️ Never leave children alone in a room with a lit candle.

Oil-powered turkey fryers pose many dangers. The NFPA strongly discourages the personal use of such fryers; instead, consider an infrared, electric, or air fryer listed by a qualified testing laboratory (check the label). Stay with the fryer while it is in use.

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐒𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒:

👉 Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, with more than three times the daily average for such incidents. Christmas Day and Eve ranked second and third, nearly twice the daily average.

👉 Unattended cooking was the leading factor in cooking fires and fire deaths.

👉 Cooking causes half (53%) of all reported home fires, nearly two of every five (38%) home fire injuries, and is a leading cause of home fire deaths (18%).

👉 On Thanksgiving day alone, an estimated 1,160 home cooking fires were reported to U.S. fire departments in 2021, reflecting a 297 percent increase over the daily average.

Source: NFPA Research Division

For more safety tips, visit http://nfpa.org/thanksgiving?utm_source=nextdoor

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How not to become one of the 1,400 households on Thanksgiving to have a home cooking fire this year!

A post to educate your community how to cook safety for thanksgiving

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