Dunn’s Corners Fire Department Offers Thanksgiving Cooking Safety Tips |
By Firefighter Chris Wells | |
November 24, 2015 | |
WESTERLY – November 23, 2015 – The Dunn’s Corners Fire District (DCFD) is urging Westerly and Charlestown residents to take precautions during this thanksgiving holiday. With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us you may or may not know Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires. The average number of home fires on Thanksgiving Day is normally double the average number of fires in homes all other days. Chief Frink from the Dunn’s Corners Fire District has the following safety tips and social media resources that will help you from becoming one of these statists. This way everyone can have a happy and safe Thanksgiving. • Stay in the kitchen when you are cooking - frying, broiling or boiling - at high temperatures. Also a large number of residents are deep frying turkeys as opposed to cooking them in the oven. Statics show Frying food is the greatest risk of cooking fires. Reports show that Two-thirds (67 percent) of home cooking fires start when food or cooking materials catch on fire. More than half (55 percent) of home cooking fire injuries happen when people try to fight the fire themselves. Please follow the following tips so you can enjoy your day this Thanksgiving: • Turkey fryers can easily tip over, spilling hot cooking oil over a large area.
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