Hatzalah of Flatbush - Fire Safety Video

[Applause] fire safety in the community is absolutely so important throughout the year we're always having candles in our home every shabbat we have hanukkah we have to stress to our children that fire is dangerous it's very important firstly to make sure that all homes are equipped with both carbon monoxide detectors and with smoke detectors it could be in the middle of night we know carbon monoxide is that silent killer you can't smell it you have to have detectors you should have them checked every year to make sure that they're up to date and that they're working it was a friday night and we were everyone was sleeping in the house and all of a sudden the the carbon monoxide detector went off luckily the my system was set up was connected to the fire station the police department the fire department showed up with their axes all in their hands ready to break down the walls whatever they need to do they unplugged everything they the numbers were still not didn't make sense so then one of the five five five men had an idea maybe it's the next door neighbor so he went and he banged on the door for five ten minutes to wake up the neighbor who was sleeping in the back of the house finally we woke them up and the firemen just opened their door and the numbers the numbers on the carbon monoxide reader they were sky high they were way over the the the limit and and we woke up the they woke up all the kids they got all the kids out of the house but because if we just smoke detected this carbon monoxide attack that didn't sound in my house has shown something total catastrophic what happened to them smoke alarms really really save lives make sure you check your batteries once a year make sure that the smoke alarms are working properly make sure that if you have them connected to a central station monitoring so that they could call the fire department right away that's extremely important we've taken sometimes families of six seven eight people out of a home into the hospital only because there was a carbon monoxide leak and there was no carbon monoxide detector in the home it's very important to educate your children on fire and to let them know that they should not be playing with fire or matches or lighters they shouldn't be turning on the stove they're under a certain age it comes to hanukkah after a half hour if you're leaving the house you are allowed and you should put the candles out other fires that we've seen or heard of happen a lot in the summertime whether it be during a barbecue or just hanging around a fire pit it's very important to know that you cannot throw lighter fluid the fire can catch and come back at you and literally blow up in your face i make sure that especially in kitchens um you know but various strategic places throughout the house you have to have a fire extinguisher i have to know how to use the fire extinguisher and your family members have to know where it is there's lots of people who bought one you know when they bought their house and sitting in some cabinet somewhere behind lots of other items you don't know where it is it's not going to help you it's obviously very important to do some level of fire drills as you know schools do it businesses do it um just giving kids at a young age of three four and five the basic tools skills of what to do and how to do it in case josh's home there's a fire in a case that your smoke detectors go off and you're fearful of a fire call 9-1-1 first they're the first ones that are going to be able to get inside the house then call hatzala people have third floors addicts there's no way out god forbid is a fire they make rope ladders have one and teach your children who are sleeping up there if god forbid they have to you hook it out the window and it takes you straight downstairs to safety