About the Book

This book is a personal reflection and a pro-active how-to-guide that can help you make your home safer, and can perhaps help you minimize your loss in the event of a disaster.

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Chapter One: Getting Started

• Document
• Insurance Tips
• Key Lessons

Chapter Two: Prevention and Safety

• RACE
• Early Warning Dev ices
• Practice Your Escape
• Have a Meeting Place
• Fire Extinguishing Systems
• Handheld Extinguishers
• Sprinkler Systems
• Key Lessons

Chapter Three: General Construction and Renovation

• Exterior Home Considerations
• Insulation
• Drywall
• Electrical & Other Wiring
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Electric Circuit Interrupters
• How a Fire Fighter Buys a Home
• Key Lessons

Chapter Four: The Kitchen

• Kitchen Safety Tips
• Water
• Fire Discouraging Surfaces and Finishes
• Walls
• Floors
• Counters
• Protecting Kitchen Items
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go List: Kitchen

Chapter Five: The Dining Room

• Candles
• Candle Safety
• Light Fixtures/Chandeliers
• Protecting your Finery
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go: Dining Room

Chapter Six: Living Rooms, Family Rooms, and Dens

• Careless Use of Tobacco Products
• Hurricane Lanterns
• Floor lamps
• Extension Cords, Frayed Wires, and Overloaded Outlets
• Safety Tips
• Fireplaces
• Televisions/Receivers/Stereos/Recording Devices/
• Cable Connections
• Christmas Trees, Wreathes and Roping
• Holiday Lighting and Tree Safety Tips
• Flooring, Fabrics & Finishes
• Prevention Step--- Photo Preservation
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go: Living Room, Family Room, Dens

Chapter Seven: The Home Office or Library

• Protecting Your Home Office Items
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go: Home Office or Library

Chapter Eight: Bedrooms

• Bedroom Safety Tips
• Space Heaters
• Protecting the Bedroom’s Contents
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go: Bedrooms

Chapter Nine: Laundry, Attics, Cellars

• Laundry
• Cellars & Attics
• Cellars, Power Equipment, and Tools
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go: Laundry, Attic and Cellar

Chapter Ten: Garage and Outdoor Spaces

• Propane Safety
• Key Lessons
• Stow, Grab & Go: Garage

Chapter Eleven: How Can You Help?

• Key Lessons

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Appendix A: Prevention, Preservation & Safety

• Shopping List

Appendix B: Inventory or Loss Spread Sheet

Appendix C: My Top Ten Things to Save

References & Endnotes

Prevention

Safety

Protection

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