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MI Prevention Fire Safety Tips

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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.

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.

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.

Mobile Home Fires

Learn 5 causes of mobile home fires and how you can prevent them.

Sparky School House Education

Youth fire safety information.

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.