FIRE and CO SAFETY

FOCA encourages everyone to be Safe at Home.

Remember these five tips:

1.   Change all smoke alarm batteries and install one alarm on each storey, and outside all sleeping areas.

2.    If your alarms are more than 10 years old, replace them.

3.    If your cottage has a fireplace, or gas or propane appliances, install at least one carbon monoxide alarm.

4.    Clean heating appliances and barbecues before use. Keep an eye on your barbecue and ensure all combustibles, as well as children and pets, are kept well away.

5.    Check with your local fire department, municipality, or the Ministry of Natural Resources for restrictions on campfires or burning brush.

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Is your cottage safe? See this short video reminder about fire and CO safety:

FOCA, along with Ontario's Fire Chiefs, wants you to have ‘Peace of Mind for Your Piece of Heaven’. That’s the theme of our province-wide public safety outreach to help prevent fire and carbon monoxide related tragedies in cottage country.

Please take personal action in your cottage or recreational residence.