Maybe you have a fire extinguisher or a fire blanket in your home, or in your office, but you do not mind where you are keeping it. Well you should start considering about the fire safety in your home, no matter how many fire safety equipment and items you have in your home. The thing is, if these items are not placed strategically around the house, you might not be able to use them during the times that you need to. Make sure that the fire blanket or fire hose is placed nicely on a place that is easy to reach and have access to.

One must always remember not to put it hidden inside a cupboard because during times of emergencies, one will surely forget to look in the cupboard for the fire extinguisher. Also remember that never put fire safety equipment in high places, because it is hard to access these places when people are in panic. Though the fire extinguisher should be placed in child safe places, one must remember that they should be kept in clear view.

A wool fire blanket is great to keep in everyone's home and office, as every fire safety plan contains high recommendations of including them. Fire blankets are also always included in emergency evacuation supplies because they are easy to use.

Never ever put a fire extinguisher and the fire extinguisher refill too far from each other, and do no put these equipments on top heaters or near stoves, as they might also be the source of fires. A fire blanket will be most useful in the kitchen, because this is the place where most accidents related to fires occur. During times of unexpected gas surge, while cooking or gas leaks, or malfunctions while you are using the cooker, a fire blanket will be most useful and easier to wrap around the small areas of fire.

Make sure that the fire blankets that you purchase are treated with the best chemicals or materials in order to maintain fire retardancy. A good fire blanket should also conform to the federal laws in one's country, and it would be better if the fire blanket is washable.

Chose only the best fire safety equipment for your fire protection plans, so that as much people will be saved from potential harm or even worse, death. Countless lives have been saved by the simple act of taking a fire blanket around inside emergency storages in cars or emergency kits inside houses.

Everyone knows that however small a fire may be, the fact that every kind of fire, if remained not extinguished for long on a human's skin, is very dangerous and harmful to one's health. With the use of a fire blanket, the oxygen the fire is using to continue burning is drowned out. So make sure that you have even the simplest and most basic of fire safety equipment in your home, car or office, in order to maintain the safety and security in one's life.