FIRE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN
01. Children and youngsters are fond of burning crackers.
02. Every year during Deepavali, a large number of people across the country lose their eye sight and sustain burn injuries and loose their lives also.
03. These accidents can be avoided by fallowing few simple precautionary measures.DO'S AND DON'T'S.
An adult should always supervise the use of fireworks by children.
Check the surroundings before igniting the fireworks. Ensure that all the inflammable and combustible materials are removed from the vicinity.
If it is not possible to remove the combustible materials from the vicinity, change your location and move to an open area to light the crackers.
Follow all the safety precautions mentioned on the box of crackers. Foot wear shall be worn to avoid burn injuries to feet.
Do not hold the crackers/flower pots in your hand and light it. It may burn your hands and your face.
Use a candle or agarbatti of sufficient length to ignite the fireworks. It gives a safe distance between your hand and the crackers.
Do not bend over the crackers/flower pots/bombs/rockets etc while lighting them. They may injure your face and eyes. Light them from the side without bending over them.
It is always better to wear protective goggles while lighting the crackers/bombs/rockets/etc. Due to explosion, mud, dust, splinters, sparks etc may injure your eyes.
Use fire works only outdoors.
Light only one firework at a time. Lighting serials of hundreds and thousands will pollute the area by it's noise and smoke.
Keep clean and cool water handy. Apply clean and cool water in case of a burn injury. Apply water continuously till the qualified Doctor arrives and treats the burn injury.
Keep a fire extinguisher or water in drums/buckets to douse any fire at it's incipient stage. In the event of a fire contact Central Fire control Room over Telephone Number 101, 22971500/22971550 and 22971600.
01. Children and youngsters are fond of burning crackers.
02. Every year during Deepavali, a large number of people across the country lose their eye sight and sustain burn injuries and loose their lives also.
03. These accidents can be avoided by fallowing few simple precautionary measures.DO'S AND DON'T'S.
An adult should always supervise the use of fireworks by children.
Check the surroundings before igniting the fireworks. Ensure that all the inflammable and combustible materials are removed from the vicinity.
If it is not possible to remove the combustible materials from the vicinity, change your location and move to an open area to light the crackers.
Follow all the safety precautions mentioned on the box of crackers. Foot wear shall be worn to avoid burn injuries to feet.
Do not hold the crackers/flower pots in your hand and light it. It may burn your hands and your face.
Use a candle or agarbatti of sufficient length to ignite the fireworks. It gives a safe distance between your hand and the crackers.
Do not bend over the crackers/flower pots/bombs/rockets etc while lighting them. They may injure your face and eyes. Light them from the side without bending over them.
It is always better to wear protective goggles while lighting the crackers/bombs/rockets/etc. Due to explosion, mud, dust, splinters, sparks etc may injure your eyes.
Use fire works only outdoors.
Light only one firework at a time. Lighting serials of hundreds and thousands will pollute the area by it's noise and smoke.
Keep clean and cool water handy. Apply clean and cool water in case of a burn injury. Apply water continuously till the qualified Doctor arrives and treats the burn injury.
Keep a fire extinguisher or water in drums/buckets to douse any fire at it's incipient stage. In the event of a fire contact Central Fire control Room over Telephone Number 101, 22971500/22971550 and 22971600.
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