Immediate News Release from Power Crew
How Homeowners Can Eliminate the Number One Cause of All Home Fires
Power Crew Offers Safety Tips as a Part of National Fire Safety Month
Omaha (October 5th, 2011) – October is National Fire Safety month, and Power Crew is celebrating it by providing a series of safety tips that homeowners should know. This is the second of five releases with helpful information, and it discusses an important topic: eliminating home fires due to cooking equipment.
According to the Home Safety Council, cooking equipment creates more home fires than anything else.
“When in the kitchen, it can take just a momentary lapse of concentration, and you have a potentially serious problem on your hands,” Jason Amato, owner of Power Crew, said. “And you should never leave anything cooking while unattended. That’s a recipe for disaster.”
Here are some kitchen safety tips everyone should know:
- Remove or distance combustibles that are stored near the cooking surface, including curtains, decorations, and towels.
- If interrupted while coking, turn the burner to low, and throw a towel over your shoulder or carry a spoon with you as a reminder to return quickly to the range after taking care of the interruption.
- When frying with oil, never leave the pan and heat it slowly so the oil doesn’t reach the ignition point. When finished cooking, turn the burner off, move the pan to a cool burner, and put a lid on it.
- If you should have a pan fire, put a heavy oven mitt on and slide a lid over the pan from front to back. Then, turn the burner off. This method is a better option for household pan fires than fire extinguishers, which if used improperly can spray burning grease out of the pan, actually spreading the fire.
- Store pan lids near the cooking surface so you don’t waste time locating one if you have a pan fire.
- Never move the pan when there is a fire in it.
Of course, cooking equipment isn’t the only cause of home fires. Faulty electric is among the most common as well. That’s why during National Fire Safety Month, Power Crew is offering 100 percent free fire safety inspection. This includes checking all smoke detectors and installing new batteries. In addition, trained electricians will inspect the home’s electrical panel/fuse box, all outlets, and all other electrical components to ensure that none are malfunctioning and a fire risk.
“This is a typical $129 service, but we’re doing it for free to raise awareness. It’s a big concern that we want to alert as many people as possible to,” Amato explained
For more information on Power Crew, visit www.MyPowerCrew.com and to schedule a free electrical safety inspection, call 402-333-2222.
For more information contact:
Jason Amato
General Manager/Owner
Power Crew
The Electricians Who Protect You
P.O. Box 540393
Omaha, NE 68154
402-333-2222
PowerCrew@Mail.com
www.MyPowerCrew.com
