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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Turkey Fryer Safety For Thanksgiving

Before you consider frying your turkey take a gander at these safety tips for holiday cooking.

As families prepare Thanksgiving meals, it's important to keep safety in mind since cooking fires are more likely to occur on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year. On Thanksgiving Day, the incidence of home cooking fires is roughly three times the daily average.  Studies by the National Fire Prevention Association show cooking fires are the primary cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Hundreds of Americans are killed each year due to home cooking fires and thousands more are injured. Cooking fires also cause roughly half a billion dollars in direct property damage to homes and contents. Remember to stay in the kitchen and closely monitor meal preparation. Most cooking fires start because cooking has been left unattended.  …

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Why The Fourth Of July Is Dangerous

There's a warning for just about anything you do to celebrate Independence Day. Stay safe.

From all the press releases and notices that come to a reporter's inbox, you would think all humans lose self control on Independence Day.  Just about every day for the last few weeks one press release after another gives the impression we unnecessarily place ourselves in danger or lack common sense during the Fourth of July. This is the time of year when news agencies can't wait to share video of firework safety videos shows what happens when a dummy sits still while fireworks buzz around their face. We forget how to drive, how to cook, how to supervise our kids and why buying illegal fireworks is bad.  Here are a few reminders passed along to Patch from various agencies and organizations: • National Coalition for Safer Roads found that …

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