14 — Friday, September 7, 1990 - North Shore News

HOME & GARDEN Mobile homes a hazard

MOBILE HOMES can be deadly in a fire, and the District of North Vancouver Fire Department wants you to know how to help yourself prevent or survive such a fire.

The fact is that three times as many people die in mobile home fires, preportionatcity, than in single and two-family home fires. That's right: of every 1.000 fires that break out, 21 victims will die in mobile homes while fewer than seven will die in single or two- family dwellings.

The primary cause of the prob- lem appears to be that fire spreads rapidly through mobile home con- tents while the structure itself in- tensifies heat and smoke buildup. In addition, some mobile homes have fewer safe exits than a tradi- tional home.

Stull another factor in the ex- cessively high death rate in mabile home fires is emerging: too few mobile homes have working smoke detectors in) place. Many have no detectors at all, few have more than one detector, and in too many instances existing detec- tors contain dead batteries.

If yeu live in a mobile home, you are at three times the risk of your friends who live in more traditional homes. But you can

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help vourself. You can be cautious in the way you live, ard vigilant to prevent fire in your mebile home.

First, be extremely careful with smoking material. Never smoke in bed. And if you're feeling ured, don’t even smoke mi that big, comfortable easy chair. Always use large ashtrays that have plenty of room for youe cigarette or

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cigar, and one that won't tip.

Use caution when cooking. Keep pot handles turned away from the room.

Dow't overload electric outlets. Mobile home fires are caused by problems in the electrical system twice as frequentiv as in) tradi- tional homes. So protect yourself by monitoring your electrical use. When one powerful electrical ap- pliance — for example, an iron — is in use, keep use of others to a minimum. And never leave elec- trical appHanees operating unat- tended.

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Ho takes only a few moments for curiosity fo tum to tragedy and, onee a fire starts in’ a mobile home, it is likely to be deadly. Fire will spread rapidly, trapping the child. By the time you return home, it will be (oo late.

Be sure you have enough smoke detectors, and that they are in working condition. If your bedrooms are located at different ends of vour mobile home, that means you need two detectors, one to shield cach bedroom area from. fires thar might start in the rest of the structure.

Wa smoker lives or is a fre- quent visitor in vour home, install an extra detector near where he or she usually smokes,

Test) your detectors mouthiy. Press the test: button, and blow sone smoke into the detector as well to check its hatteries and its quickness in sensing smoke. Don't leave your. family’s safety to chanee. Replace at least once a year. [t's easy to remember if vou choose a special day — a birthday or anniversary, What better gift than the gift of life?

For further information, please call your local fire department or the District of North Vancouver Fire Department non-emergency number 980-7575,

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