Trees, shrubs, and even your hose could catch on fire from your grill. Store unused starter fluid and charcoal away from the grill. Keep all highly flammable materials such as charcoal, starter fluid, paints, solvents and varnishes in a locked, fireproof cabinet. Teach children the danger of playing with matches. They could seriously injure themselves and cause severe property loss.
Most fires occur at night while people are sleeping.
Toxic gases from a fire can numb your senses, disorient you, and kill you. Buy and carefully maintain a quality smoke detector. For maximum effectiveness, install heat and smoke detectors that can be monitored by a U.L. approved Central Monitoring Station. When using battery operated smoke detectors, clean and test the batteries every month. Set up an annual time to change them, such as when you set your clocks forward or backward for daylight savings time.