Be Fire Safe How to Avoid Fire, Reduce Loss, and Recover If You Do Have a Fire

Beginning with author's account of a disastrous fire from which he & his family barely escaped. Horror, they're fire insurance had been "nonrenewed" & they didn't know if they were covered. Provides fire facts & statistics & describes the major causes of fires. Building on this personal story the author provides essential practical tips for avoiding fires including kitchen & electrical fires, dangers of fireplaces & woodburning stoves, flammable liquids & the special dangers at holidays. --- Then Shepard tells of the trauma of the aftermath & officers advice on practical concerns like finding the family pets. Additionally he alerts readers to the psychological trauma & being a psychologist as well as a person who sustained a major fire, he provides techniques for handling it. Shepard tells the necessity of prevention & having an escape plan & how to create & practice it. He evaluates sprinklers & alarms & alerts the reader to special fire hazards like double bolt locks on door & stationary window bars which prevent safe escape.Shepard, Steven C. is the author of 'Be Fire Safe How to Avoid Fire, Reduce Loss, and Recover If You Do Have a Fire' with ISBN 9781579510541 and ISBN 157951054X.