Fire Prevention Week Quiz

""It's Fire Prevention Week: Prevent Home Fires!" - that's the message for Fire Prevention Week 2008. Your home should be a safe haven. But do you regularly check for home fire hazards? If not, there is the potential for danger. Take this new Fire Prevention Week quiz and see how many questions you can answer correctly. Good luck!

1. The leading causes of home fire deaths are:
  1. Cooking and heating.
  2. Cooking and electrical.
  3. Smoking and electrical.
  4. Smoking and heating.
2. You should stay in the kitchen when you are:
  1. Baking.
  2. Frying.
  3. Simmering.
  4. Steaming.
3. Most heating fire deaths are caused by:
  1. Chimneys.
  2. Furnaces.
  3. Space heaters.
  4. Wood stoves.
4. You should never smoke in a home with:
  1. Gas heat.
  2. Older adults.
  3. Oxygen in use.
  4. Paper clutter.
5. When you leave a room in which there is a candle burning you should?
  1. Blow out the candle.
  2. Move the candle away from anything that can burn.
  3. Take children and pets with you.
  4. Check the candle frequently.
6. Smoke alarms should be replaced every?
  1. 5 years.
  2. 10 years.
  3. 15 years.
  4. 20 years.
7. Smoke alarms should be placed in?
  1. Bedrooms, outside sleeping areas and kitchens.
  2. Bedrooms, outside sleeping areas and on every level of the home.
  3. Kitchens, outside sleeping areas and on every level of the home.
  4. Outside sleeping areas and on every level of the home including the attic.
8. Space heaters should be how many feet from things that can burn?
  1. 1.
  2. 2.
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
9. To prevent electrical shocks in the bathroom you should have?
  1. Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters.
  2. Circuit Breakers.
  3. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters.
  4. Tamper Resistant Receptacles.
10. You should call a professional electrician when?
  1. Your circuit breaker trips.
  2. You lose your electricity.
  3. You purchase a home.
  4. Your outlets are warm.
11. A home fire escape plan must show?
  1. Two fire escapes from each level and an outside meeting place.
  2. Two outside meeting places and the fire department phone number.
  3. Two ways out of the home and an outside meeting place.
  4. Two ways out of each room and an outside meeting place.
12. If there are smokers in your home, they should smoke
  1. In the kitchen.
  2. In the basement.
  3. In the garage.
  4. Outside the home.
13. Extension cords should be
  1. Used only if it has the label of a recognized testing laboratory and following instructions provided.
  2. Secured under furniture so it is out of the way.
  3. Placed under a carpet so it doesn't get damaged.
  4. All of the above.
14. Heating equipment should be inspected
  1. Every year.
  2. When you move into a house.
  3. When it's not working properly.
  4. All of the above.
15. If the oil catches fire in a pan while cooking, you should?
  1. Carry the pan to the sink.
  2. Put the fire out with baking soda and turn the burner off.
  3. Throw water on the pan and turn the burner off.
  4. Slide a lid over the pan and turn off the burner off.


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