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MI Prevention Fire Safety Tips
MI Prevention Fire Safety Tips
Overview
Welcome to the MI Prevention Fire Safety Tips page! Below you will find valuable resources for fire prevention and safety.
MI Prevention Quick Tips
Close Before You Dose
Close your bedroom door before going to sleep.
Install/Test Alarms
Install Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors on every floor in your home.
Change Batteries
Change all alarm batteries every 6 months. Replace alarms after 10 years.
Fire Safety Videos
3 Minutes to Escape
Why you have only 3 minutes to escape your home in case of a fire.
Escape Plan
Making an escape plan.
Forms, Checklists, & Other Fire Safety Materials
After the Fire
A fire will change your life in many ways and knowing where to begin and who can help you is important. MI Prevention and the Fire Department hopes you find this information useful.
Alarm Placement Form
Smoke alarm types and where to install them at home or in a business.
Create Your Family Emergency Communication Plan
This guide contains valuable information for setting up a communication plan for you family in the event of an emergency or disaster.
Create a Fire Escape Plan
Use our document for help creating an effective fire escape plan.
Family Communication Plan for Kids
Before an emergency happens, have a family discussion to determine who would be your out-of-state point of contact, and where you would meet away from your home — both in the neighborhood and within your town.
Home Safety Checklist
Checklist and Tips to help keep you safe incase of a fire.
Mobile Home Fires
Learn 5 causes of mobile home fires and how you can prevent them.
Smoke Alarm/Device Request
Input your request for smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors here.
Sparky School House Education
Youth fire safety information.
The Power is Out
Information on what to do in case of a sudden power outage.
Youth Firesetting Prevention
Information and Resources for Youth Firesetting Prevention.
Fire Safety Apps
Home Safety Visit App
Available in seven languages, the Home Safety Visits App provides a series of brief videos that can be shown when doing home safety visits and focuses on Cooking, Heating, Smoke alarms and Speed of fire.
Michigander Fire Safety App
This app has fire safety information
Sound Off App
The Sound Off Safety App includes three games designed to help keep families safe.