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Safety Sunday: Fire Extinguisher Primer

extinguishersAhhh, the bright red fire extinguisher, you can hardly go throughout a day without hardly seeing one; but how much do you know about them, how will you REACT, and why does everyone want you to PASS the extinguisher (don’t they realize you got it)? The 5 Classes & Rating of Extinguishers: There are 5
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Safety Sunday: Only You… You’re House & Wildfires

get-your-smokey-onWhen we wrote our last Safety Sunday article on campfire and outdoor fire safety, there were 33 large wildfires burning across the US which has since dropped down to 31. Both Alaska & Arizona have dropped down to 3 fires each, while Florida on the other hand has jumped from 5 active fires up to
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Safety Sunday: Only You… Camping & Outdoor Fire Safety

only-you-fireSummer time, camping & a camp fire – what could be better? Unfortunately, in many locations summer time & camp fires are not a great mix and the consequences can get bad, really fast. Just this week – Hundreds flee as fire rages in eastern Arizona, Wallow fire now states 3rd largest fire, and these
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Safety Sunday: Top Ten Do’s & Dont’s for Portable Generators

HPIM1526.JPGAs many of you know the South was hit by a wave of tornados that devastated some communities, and left many of us feeling either really lucky, blessed, or in a complete state of shock (or all three). At this moment as I write this, I am sitting on the front porch listening to the
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Safety Sunday: Combustion Appliances

carbon-monoxide-detectorIn two of our most recent articles, we stated, “Each year all gas-fired appliances and the venting associated with it, should undergo a yearly inspection and be tuned up by a licensed and knowledgeable HVAC contractor certified by NCI or a similar organization. While we feel that all houses should have a carbon monoxide detector
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Reading your Natural Gas Meter

ind_METRIn our continuing series on reading your actually going to combine meters, we are running through the four main types of meters in use today (Water, Gas, Propane, and Electric) along with a few helpful tips for possibly troubleshooting that dreaded “this just can’t be right…” 2 Types of Natural Gas Meter: Generally, if you
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Safety Sunday: Space Heaters & Smoke Detectors

fireLet me simply start this one off with a personal plea – please folks, can we just stop the madness?  Jan 13th Chickasaw, AL – 1 injured – Jan 13th Montgomery, AL – 1 dead, 1 injured, 1 firefighter injured – Jan 13th Huntsville, AL – 2 dead (3 year old, adult) 6 year old
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Guest Post: A tale of two cities – stopping a killer

carbon-monoxide-detectorSince my last guest post on BMoxieBMore, it has gone through a slight rebranding and is now known as BuildingMoxie.  While at the Remodeling show, I actually met with JB from Building Moxie & he reminded me that I have an open invitation to post anytime I wanted. After catching the news on the 28th, I
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Independence Day Safety – Fireworks

2007 Washington DC Fireworks.JPGJuly 4th, 1776 — We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent
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Smoke Detectors – A primer on Placement & Location

In the prior articles, we covered the proper maintenance of smoke detectors and many of the options available. In this article we will be discussing where smoke detectors should be located, and even how to prevent false alarms.   The Starting Point – Current Codes In order to answer the question of how many are
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