{"id":278788,"date":"2013-10-07T12:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=278788"},"modified":"2013-10-08T11:59:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T16:59:58","slug":"tyler-fire-department-reminds-residents-to-prevent-kitchen-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=278788","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Fire Department Reminds Residents to &#8220;Prevent Kitchen Fires&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=278789\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-278789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/10\/thumb_tyler-fire-dept-logo-150x119.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_tyler-fire-dept-logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-278789\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; It&#8217;s Fire Prevention Week, and from October 6-12 the Tyler Fire Department is joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to remind local residents to &#8220;Prevent Kitchen Fires.&#8221; During this year&#8217;s fire safety campaign, fire departments will be spreading the word about the dangers of kitchen fires &#8212; most of which result from unattended cooking &#8212; and teaching local residents how to prevent kitchen fires from starting in the first place.  Additionally, the Fire Department will be visiting area schools throughout the month as part of its fire prevention and public education program. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>According to the latest NFPA research, cooking is the leading cause of home fires. Two of every five home fires begin in the kitchen &#8212; more than any other place in the home. Cooking fires are also the leading cause of home fire-related injuries.  &#8220;Often when we&#8217;re called to a fire that started in the kitchen, the residents tell us that they only left the kitchen for a few minutes,&#8221; said Paul Findley, Fire Marshal\/PIO. &#8220;Sadly, that&#8217;s all it takes for a dangerous fire to start. We hope that Fire Prevention Week will help us reach folks in the community before they&#8217;ve suffered a damaging lesson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Among the safety tips that firefighters and safety advocates will be emphasizing:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7          Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling, broiling, or boiling food.<br \/>\n\u00b7          If you must leave the room, even for a short period of time, turn off the stove.<br \/>\n\u00b7          When you are simmering, baking, or roasting food, check it regularly, stay in the home, and use a timer to remind you.<br \/>\n\u00b7          If you have young children, use the stove\u2019s back burners whenever possible. Keep children and pets at least three away from the stove.<br \/>\n\u00b7          When you cook, wear clothing with tight-fitting sleeves.<br \/>\n\u00b7          Keep potholders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper and plastic bags, towels, and anything else that can burn, away from your stovetop.<br \/>\n\u00b7          Clean up food and grease from burners and stovetops.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Prevention Week is actively supported by fire departments across the country. Fire Prevention Week is the longest running public health and safety observance on record.   For more information, contact the Tyler Fire Marshal\u2019s Office at 903-535-0005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; It&#8217;s Fire Prevention Week, and from October 6-12 the Tyler Fire Department is joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to remind local residents to &#8220;Prevent Kitchen Fires.&#8221; During this year&#8217;s fire safety campaign, fire departments will be spreading the word about the dangers of kitchen fires &#8212; most of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=278788\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler Fire Department Reminds Residents to &#8220;Prevent Kitchen Fires&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 21:15:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278791,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278788\/revisions\/278791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}