Morgan King - State Farm Agent

Celebrating Fire Prevention Week at the Fire Expo with the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department.

Teaming up with the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department and the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) and to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week™ campaign, “Cooking Safety Starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention.” This year’s campaign, which runs Oct. 8-14, works to educate families about simple but important steps they can take to keep themselves and others safe.

Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department shared the following cooking safety tips through this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign:

• Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove to prevent spills and burns.
• Always keep a lid nearby when cooking on the stove. If a small fire starts, slide the lid over the pan and turn off the burner.
• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, boiling, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, or roasting food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Keep kids and pets 3 feet (1 m) from the stove/oven and where hot foods and liquids are being served.
• Watch what you heat. Set a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Keep anything that can catch fire — oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels or curtains — away from your stovetop.
• Be alert. If you are tired or have consumed alcohol, don’t use the stove/oven.

For more information about Fire Prevention Week and this year’s theme, “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay Attention to Fire Prevention.”, visit www.fpw.org.