Denver Fire Department offers these tips for fire safety:
The City and County of Denver requires that all homes have functioning smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers–devices that have proven effective nationally in reducing the risk of death in home fires.
In home fire alarms are available as hardwired or battery operated – be sure they have good batteries and if hardwired, ensure they are working properly. DFD suggests every bedroom have a fire alarm and smoke detector. There are fire alarms for the deaf and hearing impaired as well. They should be upstairs and downstairs as well.
In home fire extinguishers should be where you can reach them upstairs and downstairs/front to back of home
To operate a fire extinguisher, remember the word PASS:
– Pull the pin. Hold the extinguisher with the nozzle
pointing away from you, and release the locking
mechanism.
– Aim low. Point the extinguisher at the base of the fire.
– Squeeze the lever slowly and evenly.
– Sweep the nozzle from side-to-side.
Between 1965 and 1973, aluminum wiring was used to install electrical branch circuits in about 1.5 million homes in the United States. The National Fire Protection Association and U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission have found that homes using aluminum wires manufactured before 1972 are 55 times more likely to have one or more electrical connections reach “fire hazard” condition than homes wired with copper.