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7 Cheap and Best Fire Safety Equipment for Your Home

Fire accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, be it a high-rise building or a stand-alone cottage in a jungle. It is a common saying that "prevention is better than cure," this fits best in the case of fire accidents. 

Fire is indiscriminate and everything is vulnerable to it. The best way is to make arrangements so that we can prevent or at least contain it in a limited area to minimize the damage. 

This blog will discuss preventive measures and review some products that can be easily kept and installed in our households to prevent or control such accidents. 

Below is a list of important equipment and things for fire safety:

  1. Fire Resistant Curtains and Upholstery
  2. Smoke Sensors
  3. Plastic Fire Extinguisher Ball
  4. ABC Type Fire Extinguisher
  5. LPG Gas Leak Detector
  6. Fire Blanket
  7. Fire Insurance

1. Fire Resistant Curtains and Upholstery: Do you know that as a rule all hotels and B&B (bed and breakfast) facilities have to follow certain norms for choosing curtains, carpets, and other upholstery in a hotel room. This is governed by British Standard for Flame Retardancy which ensures that the fabric meets certain norms for fire safety. 

You can choose the same fabric for your home also, just ensure that you are purchasing quality flame retardant fabrics from a reputable company. 

These fabrics are coated with special chemicals that make them fire-resistant. As an international standard, these fabrics should pass BS5867 standards which means they should be flame resistant even after washing 50 times.

Most good brand companies do take care of such standards and use fire-resistant material for their upholstery, you should enquire from them before purchasing it.

2. Smoke Sensors: This electronic equipment can detect smoke and will alert the occupants of the building in time. These can be installed easily in high-risk areas such as kitchens, electricity panel areas, or any other such areas vulnerable to initiation of fire. 

This equipment is not expensive and can save your life and property if properly installed and maintained. You can know more about them and can purchase them from Amazon by clicking here or on the picture below. 

    

3. Plastic Fire Extinguisher Ball: This is a very useful scientific invention that can prevent damage without requiring any human intervention. It can get activated automatically within 3 to 5 seconds upon reaching the appropriate temperature and can extinguish the fire. 

It is durable and does not require any maintenance for 5 years. It comes with a steel stand and can be just put at a strategic location without requiring any special installation. 


You can check more details about this product by clicking on the below picture. 


4. ABC Type Fire Extinguisher: These are made of steel cylinders and contain ABC powder, they have pressure valves and pressure gauges to measure their effectiveness and requirement of maintenance. These are effective against all types of Class A, B, and C types of fires. 

These devices are reliable and are being used for years for fire safety. These come in various sizes so that you can keep them in your car or at home or office. You would have seen them mounted on the walls of offices, malls, warehouses, some homes, and shops. 

Though these are maintenance-free for 5 years, but still must be checked regularly and should get refilled on time to maintain effective fire safety. 

These are the most reliable equipment for fire fighting.  You can check for a full range of this equipment by clicking on the below picture.  

5. LPG Gas Leak Detector: High Sensitivity Gas Leakage Detector for Home/Kitchen Safety.

Cooking gas leakage accidents are a very high potential risk for any house. These can occur due to many reasons ranging from small negligence to faulty gas regulators or valves. The leakage may lead to damage to property or even loss of life in extreme cases. 

To prevent potential risk, you can get an LPG/PNG gas detector installed at your home. There are many types of gas detectors available in the market. You can check more details on these by clicking here or on the picture above. 
 

6. Fire Blanket: A fire blanket can be used as an emergency heat shield to safeguard yourself, your pets, and kids from fire in case you are stuck in a fire. 

It can be wrapped around before passing through fire to save yourself. It is made from flame-retardant, silica-coated fiberglass material and has an inner layer of fire retardant film. 

These can isolate you from high temperatures up to 650 degrees Centigrades and are best for rescue operations to get out of burning buildings. 

These are not expensive and can be kept in easily accessible places. These can also be used to douse the fire by putting them directly over the fire. It can stop liquid or grease fire immediately by cutting off the oxygen supply to the fire. 

You can get more information on them by clicking here or on the picture below. 


7. Fire Insurance: Fire insurance cannot save you from damage, but can momentarily help you recover. You must get fire insurance from a good company for your home, shop, office, warehouse, factory, etc. 

Insurance costs only a fraction of the amount of damage but can help you recover your money and reinstate your establishment and business. We will discuss more about fire insurance in a separate blog.

I hope the above information would help you to decide which equipment is best for your safety from untoward incidents. 

Will meet in the next blog with some more information on home safety and decors. Till then stay safe and healthy. 

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