WoofPost.com Publishes Information On Fire Safety For Dog Owners

Beverly Hills, CA - An astounding 40,000 pets die in home fires each and every year in the United States. Many of these tragic deaths could have been prevented if the pet owners had been prepared.

One caution: Owners should never depend on their dogs to act as a smoke alarm or early warning system. An individual dog may indeed have done that for their owners at one time or another, but owners should not depend on them.

Here’s what dog owners must know:

Make sure there are smoke detectors on each floor of the home, plus one near each bedroom. Owners should test those smoke detectors once every month and batteries should be replaced every year.

In addition to smoke detectors, purchase and know how to use fire extinguishers on each floor and near the kitchen, the laundry room and the garage. If there is a fireplace in the home, a fire extinguisher should be near those as well.

Make sure that broken and cracked electrical cords are replaced and do not overload outlets, using ground-fault circuit interrupters in the outlets that are near sink areas and outdoors.

To read the remainder of this article, Fire Pet Safety - What You Must Know, go to WoofPost.com.

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