Lessons that are learned while visiting the Firefighters Survive Alive! Kitchen

• Watch out for electrical fires in the fusebox. They can happen from foreign objects flying into the fusebox, or even from metal-containing lint completing a circuit.
• The furnace can be a source of fire in a home, as well. Keep the area surrounding it free of combustible items, and be sure to vacuum around the furnace occasionally to keep the dust and flammable lint from getting too near the flame of a gas furnace. 
• The stove can turn out to be more than a place to cook dinner. Make sure those pot handles are turned in toward the back of the stovetop so that people walking by don't catch their clothing on the pot handles and accidentally scald or burn themselves. Dishtowels should always be kept away from the stovetop, too.
• Even the refrigerator can be the cause of a fire. Make sure that the motor and the condensor coils are kept lint-free by vacuuming them regularly, and make sure that towels and trash don't get too close to the motor. Check every electric appliance regularly for worn electrical cords.