If you answer "NO" to at least one of these questions, then the time for action is NOW.

• Have you removed all combustible rubbish, leaves, and debris from your yard?
• Have you removed all waste, debris, and litter from your garage?
• If you store paint, varnish, etc., in your garage, are the containers tightly closed?
• Is there an approved safety can for the storing of gasoline for the lawn mowers, snowblowers, and snowmobiles, etc.?
• Do you keep your basement, storerooms, and attic free from rubbish, oily rags, old papers, mattresses, and broken furniture?
• Is there a sufficient number of metal cans with lids for rubbish and combustible debris?
• Are stoves, broilers, and other cooking equipment kept clean and free of grease?
• Are curtains near stoves arranged to prevent their blowing over the burners or flames?
• Are members of the family forbidden to start fires in stoves or fireplaces with kerosene or other flammable liquids?
• Do you always see that your portable space heater is placed well away from curtains, drapes, furniture, etc.?
• Are all of your electrical appliances including irons, mixers, heaters, lamps, fans, radios, television sets, and other devices "UL" listed?
• Do all rooms have an adequate number of outlets to take care of electrical appliances?
• Have you done away with all multiple attachment plugs?
• Are all flexible electrical extension and lamp cords in your home in the open? ( None placed under rugs, over hooks, through partitions or door openings) _ Do you keep matches in a metal container away from heat and away from children?
• Do you extinguish all matches, cigarettes, and cigar butts carefully before disposing of them?
• Do you see to it that there are plenty of noncombustible ash trays in all rooms throughout the house?
• Are all members of the family instructed not to smoke in bed?
• Do you know that the number to the Kirksville Fire Department is 911?
• Do you have a home escape plan in case of a fire?
• Do you hold home fire drills at least once a month?
• When you employ babysitters, do you instruct them what to do in case of a fire?
• Did your entire family take part in completing this checklist?
• Do you at least have a smoke detector on every level of your home, and within 15 feet of your bedrooms?