LPT: Avoiding house fires

As someone who has been in around 8 irresponsible fires, I just want to pay my life experience forward.

1. Always clean dryer lint trap every time and the dryer vent hole before you move into a place. Never leave the dryer on even to work outside

2. Keep electric outlets covered I stuck a metal object into a slot when I was 3 and the hallway was on fire

3. Never use the back of the stove for storage unless you take the knobs off

4. Never store 9 volt batteries in anything with metal. If you stick one in your pocket and it touches a penny or paper clip— you are going to the hospital

5. Avoid charging an android phone near flammable stuff and don’t put in your pocket. My boyfriend’s phone caught fire and he needed a cadaver donation for his butt cheek. I had to change his bandage every day for a year

6. Finish all yard work before burning the leaves in autumn and don’t let friends flick a cigarette onto your yard

7. Unplug all heat elements after use. Irons, hair dryers, old electric blankets toasters space heaters

8. Never start a candle business using Dixie cups to make candles

9. Never fix car stereo without testing the electric flow — you could burn down your car and the two next to your car

10. Never fry anything frozen. A convection oven is best for turkey

Edited to add 11. Clean your chimneys and don’t put evergreens in fireplace because the oils are flammable

12. Don’t buy sky rocket fireworks if you have a dog. They will think it is a toy and run around the yard with it. My home health client invited us to a party and their black lab did this. I ran into the house for the rest of the night https://youtu.be/RxDz7vGc6Zc

13. Don’t keep a water bottle in your car on sunny days. The water works as a magnifying glass and your car can catch fire

14. Never keep a crystal ball near windows or sunny spots. They magnify the sunlight. I like my tarot cards but was never interested in a ball

15 Never join multiple extension cords together especially to a space heater or another high voltage object

16. Avoid being around a flame with synthetic clothes or those puffer jackets

17. Don’t get back into your car while fueling your car because static electricity can start a fire. I removed mine and got rubber mats. Leave the nozzle in as well if a fire starts because it can die out. Pulling it out brings more oxygen to the fire

18. If you smoke, don’t flick a cigarette out the window. I was driving in my friends convertible and a cigarette landed in the backseat. Since it was dark, I saw the fire and pulled over immediately

19. Don’t use gas to start camp fire. This is mainly a male teenager bad habit