Ensuring safety at home is paramount for protecting yourself and your loved ones. Here are essential tips:
1. Install smoke detectors on every floor and test them monthly.
2. Have fire extinguishers readily accessible and know how to use them.
3. Keep emergency contact numbers handy and teach family members how to call for help.
4. Secure rugs and carpets to prevent tripping hazards.
5. Install handrails on stairs and ensure adequate lighting in all areas.
6. Store cleaning supplies, medications, and other hazardous items out of reach of children.
7. Regularly inspect and maintain household appliances to prevent electrical fires.
8. Keep floors clear of clutter and organize cables and cords to reduce tripping hazards.
By implementing these safety measures, you can create a secure environment for your family and minimize the risk of accidents and injuries at home.
Fire Alarm System can secure your Home during Diwali
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 by Priyadarshini Nayak
Yes, a Fire Alarm is a device that helps in securing your home and offers fire safety solutions to the people during Diwali celebrations. Diwali is a festival of happiness and joy; one shares his love with others in various forms, like distributing sweets, gifts and bursting fireworks. Diwali denotes festival of lights hence, celebrated with the use of diyas, candles, and oil lamps. It is believed that light implies kindness and mercy, and because of this belief, several lamps used throughout the day and night to ward off the darkness, and evil.
The report shows, there is a bigger fire risk at Diwali time because of diyas, candles, and fireworks. But, you can reduce the risks for home and your family just by taking a few simple defenses.
Installation of Fire Alarm System in your house is one of the best precautions or safety measures that you should follow!
Fire alarms save lives, thus make sure to install it on every floor of your house. A fire alarm has a very good fire detection capacity, which is capable of warning you immediately if any fire happens even during Diwali. A fire alarm or a smoke detector is a useful safety product that detects fire in its early stages and alerts you with an audio-visual warning.
The VariEx Fire Alarm or Smoke Alarm is designed in such a way to detect any kind of fire or smoke, which allows you to escape from your home safety when a fire detects. It is one of the best safety tools or equipment that operates through diverse functionalities such as automatic, semi-automatic, or manual. There is a total of four types of fire safety alarm available on VariEx, such as Standalone Fire Alarm System, Conventional Fire Alarm System, Addressable Fire Alarm System, and Wireless Fire Alarm System. These types of fire alarms or smoke detectors are manufactured and inspected as per International Safety & Quality Standard. VariEx offers the best possible pricing facilities to its customers when they are willing to buy its fire alarm system.
Fitting instructions of Fire Alarms
Fire alarms (heat detectors / fire detectors) should be fitted in almost every room of your house for the maximum protection of smoke alarms. But you may install at least one alarm on each floor of your house-building. It is advisable to fix the fire alarm of the VariEx brand into the ceiling and at least 30 centimeters (12 inches) away from any wall or light fitting, and as close to the center of the room, or hallway as possible. And, it’s important to read the manufacturer’s instructions before attaching the smoke alarm in the ceiling.
Maintenance of Fire Alarms
- Test your smoke alarm system batteries by pressing the test button for at least five seconds until you hear the beeps, on every month.
- Replace the lead or alkaline batteries of fire alarm once in a year.
- Check the alarm by pressing the test button, once a week.
- Vacuum and wipe the dust from smoke alarms once in a year as it may cause blocking the sensor chamber.
- Replace our smoke alarms with new 10-year lithium powered smoke alarms in every 10 years, or earlier if it is specified by the manufacturer.
- Published in Fire Extinguisher
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