Fire Safety Checklist for Older Adults

Fire Safety Checklist for Older Adults
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S.)
Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2016-10-07
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ISBN: 9780160934452

This booklet is designed to help seniors or older adults (ages 65 and older) and their caregviers to learn about fire safety. This resource provides statistics about home fires and provides information to help understand and correct home fire hazards. Topics include: Install and Maintain Smoke Alarms Fire Safety If You Smoke Fire Safe Cooking Home Heating Safety Electrical Safety Candle Safety Escape Plans Actoons to Take in Case of Fire Fire Safety is for everyone... these tips will help older adults, but are excellent words of advice and guidance for high school students through adults of of all ages. Related products: Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide for Citizen Preparedness is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/search/apachesolr_search/ARe%20you%20Ready Disaster Preparedness Manual: Natural Disasters, Man-Made Disasters, Patient Fact Sheets is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/051-000-00253-9

Fire and the Older Adult

Fire and the Older Adult
Author: U. S. Fire Administration
Publisher: FEMA
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2013-03-08
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ISBN:

This report delineates the fire risk factors and presents the statistics regarding the fire problem among the elderly in the United States.

Fire Safety Education Resource Directory

Fire Safety Education Resource Directory
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 657
Release: 1998-10
Genre:
ISBN: 0788173081

This compendium of materials will be useful in building and supplementing a public education program for fire safety. Lists a wide range of programs, videotapes, booklets, manuals, pamphlets, brochures, program kits, and web sites that are available from diverse sources throughout the U.S. There are 13 categories: burn and scald prevention, CPR and first aid, electrical hazards, escape plans and drills, fire and the elderly, fire extinguishers, fire safety and the disabled, flammable fabrics, residences, residential fire inspections and home safety, fire safety programs for schools and day care programs, smoke detectors, and other programs.