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National Fire Prevention Month
October 5, 2008 – 6:00 am | One Comment
National Fire Prevention Month

October is National Fire Prevention Month. Now is a great time to review fire prevention with your family. It’s also a great time to make sure you have all the right fire prevention tools at …

Radon In Your Home
September 19, 2008 – 6:00 am | 5 Comments
Radon In Your Home

Radon gas is a dangerous contaminant that affects indoor air quality. Radon is a colorless, odorless, naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas that is formed from the decay of radium.
Radon is the invisible, radioactive atomic gas …

Home Improvement Lead Paint Safety
September 17, 2008 – 11:41 am | No Comment
Home Improvement Lead Paint Safety

Chances are very good that if you enjoy doing home improvement projects you’ve probably been exposed to lead paint at one time or another. Most homes built before 1978 contain some amounts of lead based …

Circuit Safety Tip
September 14, 2008 – 6:46 pm | 4 Comments
Circuit Safety Tip

I recently learned a new electrical circuit safety tip that works really well. Turning off the circuit breaker for the circuit you’re working on is the first electrical safety rule to follow. So being able …

Cooking Safety On Decks
September 6, 2008 – 3:29 pm | 3 Comments
Cooking Safety On Decks

Every year dozens of homes are destroyed by fires that start while cooking on decks. After reading a friends blog the other day about a grease fire they had on their grill I thought I’d …

Ladder Safety
June 24, 2008 – 7:00 am | One Comment
Ladder Safety

I drove by a house yesterday with some guys painting and it reminded me of how many people do unsafe things with ladders. I’m sure you’ve all seen this photo of the guy changing a …