Recent fires are frequent and residential fires account for 30%. Among them, the main culprit of household electrical appliances such as electric heating, electric vehicles, electric blankets, and drinking fountains, Beijing fire safety issued a number of safety tips. At the beginning of the new year, Beijing Fire announced a self-test for family fires. The Beijing Morning Post reporter excerpted 10 of them. The public can self-check and self-correct family fires against the subject.

Case 1

Drinking fountain short circuit "fire"

At 17:00 on December 26, 2013, a fire broke out at a householder's home in Dasunzhuang Town, Shunyi District. After the preliminary determination by the fire department, the fire caused by a short circuit drinking fountains, and ignited dresser.

Fire warning: The public should first use quality qualified drinking fountains. During use, turn off the switch when you are off work or leave home. In the absence of water, the power must be cut off in time, preferably before the water is completely used up. Once you notice that the water dispenser has a burnt smell and abnormal sound or water leakage, switch off the switch immediately and perform inspection and repair in time. In addition, special attention must be paid to the water dispenser must use a three-pin socket and earth-leakage protector with a ground wire that matches the power plug.

Case 2

Electric heater is too hot to ignite sundries

On the morning of December 15, 2013, a fire broke out near Xiji Town in Tongzhou District. According to the female head of household, a large amount of debris was piled up in the burning house, and there was also a small heating device around the debris. The firefighting personnel found out that the overheating of the heating equipment caused ignition of debris and caused a fire.

Fire Tips: When purchasing various types of heaters, you must look at the trademarks, manufacturers, and product certifications to prevent the purchase of “three no products”. When selecting the heater power, in addition to looking at the size of the room, the focus is to see if the meter is overloaded and if the wire is aging.

It is equally important for electric heaters to be bought at home. It is important to keep them away from beds, curtains, sofas and other combustibles. If the houses are too small to be separated, add a non-combustible partition between the heaters and combustibles. Electric heaters should not be in contact with water and metal. When not in use, the power should be cut off.

Case 3

Electric Vehicle Charging

At 22:41 on December 29, 2013, a warehouse suddenly appeared in a warehouse at Building No. 17-2, Wancheng Huali Park, Wanliu West Road, Haidian District. The firefighters who arrived at the scene found that the electric car battery that was being charged in the warehouse was burning.

Fire warning: First of all, you should purchase and use qualified electric vehicles, chargers and batteries, and you must not illegally modify electric vehicles and their accessories. When charging an electric vehicle, it should be parked in a safe place. It must not be parked on stairwells, evacuation passages, or safety exits. It must not occupy fire truck lanes. It should be charged in accordance with the instructions for use. Charging should be carried out outdoors as much as possible. Combustibles. Should also pay attention to power matching, set a dedicated outlet, the line is fixed and put on metal tube protection, installation of leakage protection and other safety devices protective measures, and equipped with fire fighting equipment in the charging place.

Case 4:

Small electric blankets are big

On November 5, 2013, a fire broke out in the courtyard of No. 29 Residence of Hutong Ma Si Hutong in Dongcheng District. The cause of the fire was initially identified as the owner forgot to turn off the electric blanket.

Fire Tip: When you purchase electric blankets, you must first check whether there are quality inspection reports, production licenses, product certifications, and ISO9000 certifications.

In the use of electric blankets, the electric blanket should be tiled, do not have pile pleated phenomenon, so as to avoid heat concentration, temperature rise is too high; electric blanket power time should not be too long, most of the electric blanket will be heated after 30 minutes temperature The temperature rises to about 38 degrees Celsius, so the thermostat should be switched to the low temperature or turned off.

The best way to use it is to warm up before going to bed and cut off the power while sleeping. If the electric blanket is found to be “not hot” due to prolonged use, it should be immediately discontinued; pay attention to the safe use period, no matter what brand of electric blanket, its service life is only 6 years.

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Fire escape three principles

There have been many residential fires in the near future and there have been many casualties. The deceased have gone. People feel sad to learn more ways to escape and prevent the tragedy from happening again. How do you escape if you encounter a fire? Beijing Fire Bureau reminds:

1. The principle of "life first", after an unexpected event, must escape from the scene with the fastest speed to ensure the safety of life, and in particular, not lust for any property;

2. The principle of “right-hand” is that firefighters rely on the right to enter the fire and extinguish the fire. Therefore, when you are escaping, you must escape in an orderly manner on your own right wall;

3, "7 meters" principle, if you encounter a dangerous height of more than 7 meters, it is not easy to take this kind of escape method to jump. Rope knots can be used to avoid fire and wait for firefighters to rescue.

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