Install smoke detectors on every floor and in every bedroom, test often, change battery yearly in spring.If you own a fire pump, contact the Fallen Leaf Fire Department to help you maintain it and to show you how to use it properly. Ensure a firefighting water supply of at least 2,500 gallons.Install a protective metal cover over your propane regulator to keep snow out.Ensure house main electrical panel is fused correctly, and that fuses are not overloaded or bridged.Store gasoline only in approved, labeled, metal containers away from occupied buildings.Dispose of BBQ or fireplace ashes only after soaking them for 24 hours in a covered metal pail with water.Identify an out of area contact family members can call in case your family gets separated. Keep valuables you might carry away in easily accessible areas. Know where your closest safety zones are and how to get there on foot if you are warned by an emergency vehicles public address system to evacuate NOW. Re-read and post the Fallen Leaf Evacuation Plan in your home (evacuation plan on reverse of this checklist).
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