Safety tip sheets

NFPA offers free safety tip sheets on a variety of fire and life safety topics. Download, print and share these tip sheets to spread the word about fire safety.

Causes

• Cooking (PDF, 171 KB)
• Candles (PDF, 792 KB)
• Heating (PDF, 634 KB)
• Smoking (PDF, 279 KB)
• Electrical (PDF, 689 KB)

Escape planning

• Escape planning (PDF, 444 KB)

Fire and safety equipment

• Smoke alarms (PDF, 219 KB)
• Smoke alarms for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Home fire sprinklers (PDF, 1MB)
• Carbon monoxide alarms (PDF, 612 KB)

Household equipment

• Portable fireplaces (PDF, 470 KB)
• Medical oxygen (PDF, 383 KB)
• CFL light bulbs (PDF, 247 KB)
• Gel fuel safety (PDF, 602 KB)
• Microwave ovens (PDF, 960 KB)
• Clothes dryers (PDF, 105 KB)
• Portable generators (PDF, 113 KB)

Seasonal

• Get Ahead of the Winter Freeze (PDF, 352 KB)
• Halloween (PDF, 348 KB)
• Winter holidays (PDF, 962 KB)
• Thanksgiving (PDF, 868 KB)
• Christmas trees (PDF, 1 MB)

Occupancies

• Safety in places of public assembly (PDF, 387 KB)
• Campus fire safety (PDF, 1 MB)
• Hotels/motels (PDF, 305 KB)
• High-rise apartments/condominiums (PDF, 584 KB)
• Manufactured homes (PDF, 880 KB)

Outdoors

• NEW! Wildland fire safety (PDF, 558 KB)
• Outdoor electrical safety (PDF, 578 KB)
• Fireworks (PDF, 633 KB)
• Lightning (PDF, 680 KB)
• Grilling (PDF, 427 KB)

Populations

• People with disabilities (PDF, 670 KB)

Unintentional injuries

• Scald prevention

Vehicles

• Car fire safety (PDF, 368 KB)