• Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, outside bedrooms, at the top of open stairways, and at the bottom of stairways that are closed in between two walls.
• Test smoke alarms once a month and replace batteries twice a year. Make it a habit when you reset your clocks for Daylight Saving Time.
• Replace your smoke alarms once every 10 years.
• Plan and review your home escape routes with your family. Practice getting out of each room.
• Check that windows are not nailed or painted shut. If you have security gratings or burglar bars on windows, make sure they have a fire safety opening feature and can be easily opened from the inside.
• Think about getting escape ladders if your home has more than one level.
• Teach your family to stay low to the floor (where the air is safer) when getting away from a fire.
• Put A-B-C-type fire extinguishers in your home and teach family members how to use them.
• Put heaters at least three feet away from anything that could catch fire. Be very careful when using temporary heating sources like space heaters.
• Make sure your home is insured. If you rent, consider buying renter’s insurance.

Just know that if you do suffer a fire damage, SERVPRO of Western Lehigh County will be ready at a moments notice to get your property back to normal.