Household Energy Safety Checklist
Yes | No | |||
Storage | 1. Do you store fuels, such as paraffin, out of reach from children? | |||
2. Do you store matches out of reach of children? | ||||
3. Do you store stoves, heaters and lamps away from children? | ||||
Cooking | 4. Are flammable items such as curtains and dish cloths kept away from the stove? | |||
5. Is an adult always present in the kitchen when food is cooking? | ||||
6. Are flammable liquids stored in safety cans and kept away from heat and children? | ||||
7. Do you ensure adequate ventilation when cooking with paraffin? | ||||
8. Are children taught to stay at least 1 metre from hot appliances. | ||||
Heating | 9. Is the heater turned off when adults leave the room or go to sleep? | |||
10. Is your heater kept at a distance from couches, walls or anything else that could burn? | ||||
11. Do you ensure adequate ventilation when heating with paraffin or coal? | ||||
Lighting | 12. Do you keep lighting sources on a steady surface? | |||
13. Do you keep lighting sources, such as candles, away from children? | ||||
14. Do you ensure that the flame is kept away from flammable materials? | ||||
Escape Plan | 15. Does your family have a fire escape plan? | |||
16. Do you have a meeting place so you will know everyone is outside and safe? | ||||
17. Do you know the emergency services phone number for fires or medical emergencies? | ||||
18. Did you know that using ‘stop, drop and roll’ if you catch alight in a fire could save your life? | ||||
19. Did you know that crawling low in a fire situation could save your life? | ||||
Basic First Aid | 20. Did you know that inducing vomiting when paraffin has been ingested could cause serious harm? | |||
21. Did you know that the best treatment for paraffin ingestion is no food/drink and to immediately seek medical help? | ||||
22. Did you know that the first aid treatment for burns is to immerse the injured body part in cool water? | ||||
23. Did you know that using home remedies (like butter or toothpaste) as a first aid treatment for burns could cause serious harm? | ||||
Safety Routine | 24. Do you have an energy safety routine before leaving your home? E.g. switching off appliances | |||
25. Do you have an energy safety routine before going to sleep? E.g. switching off appliances | ||||
