FEMA WILDFIRE TIPS

1/5/2016 (Permalink)

When wildfire threatens:

- Wear protective clothing

- Take your emergency supply kit.

- Lock your home or business.

- Tell someonewhen you left and where you are going.

- Choose a route away from fire hazards.

- Close windows, vents, doors, blinds or noncombustible window coverings.

- Shut off all utilities, if possible.

- Open fireplace damper. Close fireplace screens.

- Move flammable furniture into the center of the home.

- Turn on a light in each room to increase the visibility of your home.

- Seal attic and ground vents with precut noncombustible coverings.

- Turn off propane tanks.

- Place combustible patio furniture inside.

- Set up a portable gasoline - powdered pump.

- Place lawn sprinklers on the roof near above ground fuel tanks.

- Wet or remove shrubs within 15 feet of the home or business.

- Gather fire tools.