| 1) Install working smoke detectors on each floor and in the basement.
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| 2) Install cabron monoxide detectors with audible alarms near sleeping areas.
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| 3) Check furnaces and fireplace flues with each seasonal change.
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| 4) Place fire extinguishers in all areas with open flames.
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| 5) Set the temperature of your hot water heater at 120 degrees or lower. Check with your management if you have no control.
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| 6) When cooking, keep handles on cookware turned inward.
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| 7) If you use a space heater, make sure it is unobstructed, and not used in the bedroom or nursery.
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| 8) Keep matches and lighters out of reach of children.
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| 9) Store household cleaners only in the original containers and out of reach of children.
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| 10) Use cabinet latches.
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| 11) Store chemicals our of reach of children.
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| 12) Many plants are toxic. Check with local poison control.
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| 13) Install child-proof latches on cabinets.
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| 14) Equip windows with stops to maintain small openings.
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| 15) No window opening should be wider than four inches.
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| 16) Make sure all rugs are slip proof.
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| 17) Do not use infant walkes with wheels. Think bouncers!
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| 18) Keep cribs and beds of small children away from windows.
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| 19) Cribs should have bars no more than 2-3/8 inches apart so that children should not be able to entrap their heads.
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| 20) Crib matresses should be firm and snug fitting.
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| 21) Do not leave small children unattended in a tub or near any body of water.
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| 22) Make sure someone in your home knows C.P.R.
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| 23) Choose toy chests carefully. Heavy lids can fall and injure or trap a child.
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| 24) Keep hair dryer, curling irons and other electric appliances away from sinks, bathtubs and toilets.
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| 25) Use covers for electrical plugs less than three feet from the floor.
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| 26) Keep curling irons out of reach of small children.
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| 27) Keep power tools, yard tools and lawn mowers out of reach of small children.
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| 28) Automatic garage doors should have a mechanism to automatically re-open when striking an obstruction.
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| 29) Do not use latex balloons around small children.
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