Safety tip sheets

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Featured Tip Sheet

Halloween is a fun, and spooky, time of year for kids. Make trick-or-treating safe for your little monsters with a few easy safety tips.

Download NFPA's safety tip sheet.

Causes

• Cooking (PDF)
• Candles (PDF)
• Religious candles (PDF) 
• Heating (PDF) 
• Smoking (PDF) 
• Electrical (PDF) 

Escape planning

• Escape planning (PDF) 

Fire and safety equipment

• Smoke alarms (PDF)
• Smoke alarms for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (PDF)
• Home fire sprinklers (PDF) 
• Carbon monoxide alarms (PDF) 

Household equipment

• 9-volt batteries (PDF)
• CFL light bulbs (PDF)
• Clothes dryers (PDF) 
• Gel fuel safety (PDF)
• Medical oxygen (PDF) 
• Microwave ovens (PDF)
• Portable fireplaces (PDF)
• Portable generators (PDF)
• Portable space heaters (PDF) 
• Security bars (PDF) 
• Wood & Pellet stoves (PDF)

Seasonal

• Get Ahead of the Winter Freeze (PDF) 
• Halloween (PDF) 
• Winter holidays (PDF) 
• Thanksgiving (PDF) 
• Christmas trees (PDF) 

Occupancies

• Barn fire safety checklist (PDF) 
  
• Safety in places of public assembly (PDF)
• Campus fire safety (PDF) 
• Hotels/motels (PDF) 
• High-rise apartments/condominiums (PDF)
• Manufactured homes (PDF)

Outdoors

• Campfires (PDF)
• Fireworks (PDF) 
• Grilling (PDF) 
• Lightning (PDF) 
• Marina & boating safety (PDF)
• Outdoor electrical safety (PDF)
• Sky lanterns (PDF)
• Wildland fire safety (PDF)

Populations

• Hoarding and fire (PDF) 
  
• Pet fire safety (PDF) 
• People with disabilities (PDF) 

• Shabbat fire safety (PDF) 

• Young firesetters (PDF)

Transportation

• Car fire safety (PDF)
• Hoverboards (PDF) 

Unintentional injuries

• Scald prevention (PDF)