Home Fire Hazards

Homes contain various fire hazards, including electronic appliances and devices, cleaning and other chemical products, and clutter. Cooking is the leading cause of home fires, fire injuries, and fire deaths in Orange County. The leading cause of home dryer fires is failure to clean them. Extreme clutter creates serious health risks, increases fire danger, and impacts quality of life. Protect your home and family by following the safety tips included in our cooking fire, electrical fire, hoarding and fire risk, dryer, home heating,, and household hazardous waste safety flyers and social media post.

• Keep anything that can burn at least three feet from all heat sources.
• Clean the lint filter before and after drying each load of laundry.
• Cramped living quarters result in narrow pathways and blocked exits. Install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, clear exit paths from each room and create a home escape plan.
• Never overload wall sockets.
• Keep hazardous products in their original containers and never remove labels or instructions.
• Stay in the kitchen when frying, grilling, or broiling food.

Only use space heaters that have an automatic shut-off, keep home heating devices at least three feet from anything that can burn, and turn space heaters off before leaving the room or going to sleep. For more information on home heating safety, visit ocfa.org.	Keep flammable products away from heat sources and open flames. For more information on household hazardous waste products and disposal, visit ocfa.org.	Stay in the kitchen when cooking and keep a lid or fire extinguisher nearby in case of fire. For more information on cooking safety, visit ocfa.org.
The leading cause of home dryer fires is failure to clean them. Clean the lint filter in your dryer after every use. For more information on dryer safety, visit ocfa.org.	Always plug major appliances into wall outlets, replace any worn or damaged electrical cords, and do not overload power strips. For more information on electrical fire safety, visit ocfa.org.	Extreme clutter creates serious health risks, increases fire danger, and impacts quality of life. Keep your home clutter free. For more information on hoarding, visit ocfa.org.

家庭中存在著各種火災隱患，包括電子器具、清潔及其他化學品，以及雜物。烹飪是橙縣家庭火災、火災造成的傷害和火災死亡的主要原因。家用抽油煙機引發火災的主要原因是未能清潔乾淨。環境雜亂會帶來嚴重的健康風險，增加火災危險並影響生活品質。請遵循我們所提供的烹飪用火、電氣火災、囤積物品和火災風險、烘乾機、家庭供暖以及家庭危險廢物的安全宣導單和社交媒體貼文中的安全提示，保護您的家庭和家人。

• 所有可燃物品與火源保持至少三英尺的距離。
• 在每次烘乾衣物之前和之後清潔過濾器。
• 狹窄的居住空間會導致通道狹窄並封閉出口。
• 安裝煙霧和一氧化碳報警器，每個房間出口通道暢通並制定家庭逃生計劃。
• 切勿將插座過載。
• 將危險產品放在原始容器中，切勿去除標籤或說明。
• 炸、烤或燒烤食物時請留在廚房。

使用具有自動關閉功能的暖氣機，將家用供暖設備與可燃物品保持至少三英尺的距離，並在離開房間或入睡前關閉暖氣。欲了解更多有關家庭供暖安全的信息，請訪問ocfa.org。	將易燃產品遠離熱源和明火。欲了解更多有關家庭危險廢物產品和處理方法的信息，請訪問ocfa.org。	烹飪時不要離開廚房，並準備好鍋蓋或滅火器以備火災發生。欲了解更多有關烹飪安全的信息，請訪問ocfa.org。
家用烘乾機引發火災的主要原因是未清潔乾淨。請在每次使用後清潔烘乾機的濾網。欲了解更多有關烘乾機安全的信息，請訪問ocfa.org。	請將主要家電插入牆壁插座，更換磨損或損壞的電源線，並避免將插頭過載。欲了解更多有關電氣火災安全的信息，請訪問ocfa.org。	極度髒亂會帶來嚴重的健康風險，增加火災危險，並影響生活品質。請保持您的家居整潔無雜物。欲了解更多有關囤積行為的信息，請訪問ocfa.org。