We commonly associate the house or your apartment with security. Certainly, it is here that we most often meet the whole family, which rests after a hard day.
However, without proper care, your own four corners can turn into a place full of threats to the health and life of the whole family. We present the most common ones and ways to prevent them.
FIRE
The most common cause of home fires is the improper use of stoves or heaters. In addition, there are also cigarette butts, matches left in the hands of children, electrical short circuits, improper use of heating and mechanical devices, and carelessness in the handling of flammable substances.
Fire spreads quickly and usually there is no time to take expensive things or documents. Fire may become life-threatening after 2 minutes. Within 5 minutes, an entire house can catch fire.
Certainly, the risk of a fire can be minimized. All you need to do is to periodically inspect the chimney and heating devices, install smoke detectors in the house and get a fire extinguisher.
CARBON MONOXIDE
Chad (carbon monoxide) is a colorless, odorless and deadly gas. It can leak out when heating devices are malfunctioning or improperly used. CO is produced during the combustion of fuel (coal, gas, wood, heating oil, etc.) with too little air.
To protect yourself against carbon monoxide, first of all, do not allow yourself to be exposed to its toxic effects. Remember to ventilate the rooms frequently and do not cover the ventilation grids. Use only properly certified equipment and entrust their installation to specialists. Check the technical condition of heating devices, ventilation systems and chimney flues.
If you use devices that may emit this dangerous gas, install a certified carbon monoxide detector at home.
GAS
Gas installations are still the most common way of heating our homes. However, it is worth remembering that a leak in the gas installation may be a real threat to the health of the household members. A gas leak is silent and inconspicuous, but extremely serious.
The gas installation, both in a block of flats and in a single-family house, as well as all gas-fired appliances: a stove, a stove for heating water, a central heating stove, require systematic inspections once a year. But even when their condition is controlled and the necessary maintenance is carried out, there may be times when the gas starts to leak.
The smell of gas is not always intense enough to alert us to an impending disaster. Therefore, you should equip yourself with a suitable gas sensor that will alert you in time about the threat.
A leaky gas stove and installation, faulty ventilation, fumes from the fireplace, inattention while cooking, improper use of fuel-burning appliances or short-circuiting of the installation are a common cause of tragedy. That is why it is so important to have the right sensors that will warn you in advance of any dangers.
