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Remember kitchen

safety this

holiday weekend

THANKSGIVING AND other family holidays follow one
after another as fall turns to winter. These holidays often
feature fantastic family feasts, and that means busy cooks

and busy kitchens.

But a busy cook can make
mistakes, and a busy kitchen in-
vites accidents. So the District of
North Vancouver Fire Department
suggests you invite safety to your
house this holiday season.

Kitchen safety is simple, yet
often neglected. Too many kitchen
fires strike during the holidays
and can be traced directly to
crowded kitchens and harried
cooks.

So this year, keep these safety
tips in mind:

* Never leave cooking foods unat-
tended, even for a moment. We
all know better, yet this is a
common cause of kitchen fires. [1
takes only a few seconds for a
safely cooking mea! to flare up,
leaping out of control.

© Keep pot handles toward the
back of the stove, and appliance
cords well up on the counter.
Dangling cords can be snagged,
pulling hot appliances off the
counter top. Pot handles can be
caught be sleeves or other clothing
or knocked by someone reaching
past the stove. In either case, the
hot food cooking inside spills,
causing serious burns and other
injuries to anyone nearby.

© Wear close-fitting garments and
a sturdy apron while cooking.
Flowing gowns, billowing sleeves
and sheer fabrics ignite too easily.
Save them for an occasion when
you don’t have to cook. Fabrics
burn easily and quickly, and cause
painful and disfiguring burns.

¢ Keep crowds out of the kitchen.
Too many cooks can spoil more

HOT TIPS

North Vancouver
District Fire Department

than the broth. Children under-
foot can cause accidents.

* Have a fire extinguisher nearby,
know how to use it as well as
when not to use it. A multi-pur-
pose fire extinguisher should be a
fixture in every kitchen, Keep
yours convenient to the stove but
not in a place where flames on the
stove might prevent you from
reaching it. Learn how to use it as
soon as you get it. It is too late to
read the instructions once a fire
has started. And know that some
fires are too big for you to fight
alone. If faced with such a fire,
get yourself and everyone out of
the house immediately, and call
the fire department from a
nighbor’s house.

* Put a lid on grease fires. A
grease flare-up in a pan should be
extinguished by quickly placing a
large lid on the pan. If one is not
handy, put a larger pot on top of
the burning pan to smother the
fire. Never throw water on a
grease fire — it will spread the
flames. And a pot lid will smother
the fire faster and safer than old-
fashioned remedies. So keep a lid
that fits your pan nearby while
you cook.

For further information, con-
tact your local fire depariment or
the District of North Vancouver
fire department non-emergency
number 980-7575.

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