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February 6, 2011

A Fire Safety Checklist For The Home

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 2:00 pm

The way in which to handle situations which could reasonably be expected to result in panic is to have a plan of action firmly fixed in your mind already, so that in the event, you only have to follow routine. This is how people are taught in the military and in rescue organizations. They have procedures and routines and they practice them until they become second nature.

This is not so easy in a domestic situation especially with regard to a house fire – you cannot realistically pretend that you have a house fire yet you cannot just set fire to bits of it either, so the next best thing is to have a checklist to prevent fires occurring yet to go through the checklist on a regular basis – say, weekly.

Many house fires begin in the kitchen, so you could start there:

1] Is the oven clean? The rings and the oven need to be clean or the debris can catch fire.

2] Are the curtains so long that they can be blown onto a hot ring if the window is open? This is a frequent cause of kitchen fires, especially if you hang new curtains in the winter or spring yet do not comprehend that the wind can blow them into the rings until the summer while you open the windows

3] Are the flexes on your electrical devices all in order? Check for fraying or wear and tear. Are any of the electrical sockets overloaded? It is not a sensible thing to use adapters in the kitchen – stick to the principle of one plug in one socket and a really decent habit is to unplug anything you are not using, even the kettle or the coffee machine

The home’s heating system is a fire hazard, after all it is meant to get hot, so check:

1] All heaters ought to be switched off while there is no one to keep an eye on them, with the exception of central heating. Turn bar fires off if you go out or go to bed and always fix a guard in front of open fires if you leave the room. ‘Fix’ a guard with clips, do not only stand one in front of the fire because a falling log or lump of coal can knock a guard over.

2] Can curtains or other textiles blow into the fire or become heated to the purpose of combustion? Occasionally, people pull their chair or couch up to the fire yet fall sleeping or go to bed leaving the seat to heat up.

3] Is the chimney clean? Soot can yet does catch fire so have your chimney cleared or inspected regularly.

4] Likewise with the furnace, is it clean and soot-free?

5] If you use gas, are the bottles stored outside the house?

5) Has the furnace been cleaned and inspected this year?

6) Are the propane tanks but fuels stored outside the house?

Then there are general points:

1] Do you have a house fire safety evacuation drill? Do you have a muster purpose, so that everyone knows that everyone is out of the house and safe?

2] Are electric leads, cables yet extension leads in decent condition? Do you have any under carpets? If so, you ought to not actually, so check them for wear.

3] Are any sockets overloaded? Are all devices that are not in use unplugged?

4] Do you have smoke detectors? Do you test that they are working? Do you have a spare battery in case one runs out?

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is now concerned with Oakley safety glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

February 5, 2011

Fire Safety With A Home Fire Safety Code

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 5:49 pm

Most individuals have learned a fire safety drill at some time during their lives. Kids learn it in school and adults learn it at work, yet how many individuals put it into practice it at home? If it is worth practicing a fire safety code at work, it must be worth implementing one at home as well.

You could adapt and implement the fire safety code from work for your home use, and just like in work, you will have to make sure that everybody in your household knows and understands your fire safety code. Adopting a home fire safety code will hugely increase your family’s likelihood of surviving a home fire.

The specialists at the fire station are known as Fire Prevention Officers. Fire prevention officers frequently give talks on fire prevention techniques at schools, offices and seminars. It is also often possible to have a one-on-one interview with a fire prevention officer but they will also visit you in your home for more specific advice in some regions.

The chief fire prevention officer has to train new recruits and schedule public buildings for check ups depending on their location, age and usage. You could use the same criteria to assess the risks in your own home.

For example, older houses tend to have more wood in them and smaller windows which means that it may catch fire more easily, it may burn faster and it might be more difficult to escape from because of the smaller windows, which might even be jammed.

Just to give you an concept of what a building’s fire code can be like, I will give some instances below. You can apply some of these principles to the ‘fire code’ for your home, depending on what sort of building you occupy.

Firstly, buildings in numerous countries have maximum occupancy levels for each residential building, especially for commercially rented buildings. You may not simply keep partitioning accommodation in order to cram in more tenants (and receive more rent). This maximum is a strict law and must be adhered to.

If you live in or rent out a commercial residency, then all exits should be clearly labeled with lit signs which can be seen through smoke. They also have to have a battery back-up in case the cables get burned through. These buildings also have to have a certain number of fire extinguishers and there may even have to be a number of different types, eg: water hoses, sand buckets, fire blankets and ordinary extinguishers.

There also have to be smoke detectors and a building-wide fire alarm system. Make sure that flammable materials are kept in a safe place and that fire drills are carried out on a regular basis. Everyone should know their muster point and which doors should be closed and which ones left open.

Many of the suggestions above are true laws for commercial and some residential buildings, so if you do not want to fall foul of the law, be sure you know your obligations.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on several topics, but is now involved with Safety Glasses USA. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Safety Glasses Bifocal

First Aid For Safety While Hunting

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 4:11 pm

Everyone should know fundamental First Aid techniques, yet it is particularly important for those who participate in potentially more perilous sports or events such as hunting. There are all sorts of things that can happen to you when hunting.

Besides getting shot, you could cut yourself when skinning an animal, you could get attacked by an animal, you could fall and break a leg or you could suffer a routine heart attack that could have occurred anywhere.

However, what makes all these things more dangerous when you are hunting is the chances that you will be miles from anywhere whilst it happens. There is no one to turn to except your companion. No ambulances, no doctors and no hospitals for tens of miles.

The first thing that everyone ought to know is CPR, which stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which is an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration. It is vital to know CPR techniques for everyone not merely hunters.

You can learn CPR at several local organizations including the hospital, the fire station, some schools, some scouting organizations and some other institutions like the Boys’ Brigade or the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade.

These organizations can usually teach you over CPR if you want, such as what to do in a crisis. There are particular procedures that are common to most if not all crisis situations. For example, the first rule is to always take care of yourself first. Then assess the situation and make the area safe for yourself and anyone who might come into it.

This might sound selfish, but you are no help to anyone if you allow yourself to get injured and the rescue services will be very cautious if the region is unsafe when they get there. Then either begin first aid procedures or call the rescue services depending on the circumstances.

Healthcare staff teach the ABC method of applying First Aid. ABC stands for ‘Airway, Breathing and Circulation’. So, first look in the mouth and at the throat. Look for and remove any blockages such as blood, dentures or foreign bodies.

Then check for breathing. If the patient has stopped breathing, try to resuscitate him or her because the brain cannot survive longer than a couple of minutes without oxygen.

Next check the heart beat. If it has stopped endeavour to get it going again. If there is copious bleeding from a wound, try to staunch the bleeding by applying pressure to it through a clean cloth. Get help if there are a number of wounds but apply tourniquets to arms and legs that are bleeding badly. You can use a belt or stockings as make-shift tourniquets.

If the patient has experienced a bad fall, the first rule is not to move the person. You can cause serious injury to someone with broken bones by moving them. You can even cause paralysis, so if someone has fallen, ask whether they can move their fingers and toes (a sign that the spine is almost certainly undamaged) and then phone the rescue services.

Two of the best safety rules while going hunting, are to inform someone where you are going and never to go alone. If you hunt with the same person regularly, why not both go to a First Aid class together?

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on several topics, but is now involved with Oakley safety glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Safety Glasses Bifocal

February 1, 2011

RV Safety Tools

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 8:26 pm

A family journey in an RV or ‘recreational vehicle’ can be great fun, and one of the ways that you can try to make sure that it goes well, is to plan for as many eventualities as possible. This involves taking a few safety items or safety tools that are helpful for an RV trip.

If you are travelling far from the beaten track, then adequate supplies of food and water are the prime concerns of course. You will also have to have adequate appropriate clothing for the season of the year and the location you are travelling in.

However, keep in mind, that some locations are chilly at night no matter what time of the year it is, so a few jumpers or light jackets will come in useful if you are driving in the mountains, in the north (in the northern hemisphere) or along the coast.

Once you have the prerequisites to survive, there are a few luxury safety devices, that you might find practical. The first of these is the mobile phone. There may or might not be sufficient coverage where you are going, but the chances are that it will work somewhere near, if you need to use it. Be certain that you have a charger that works in the RV and a hands free kit if possible.

The luxury of all luxuries is a GPS unit – Global Positioning System – so that you do not get too lost, if you are out in the wilderness or even in some huge, unknown metropolis looking for the hotel you booked into over the Internet for a couple days break from the road.

If you are renting your RV, there is probably a GPS system on board, but if you are taking your own vehicle, you may consider purchasing a mobile phone that also has GPS built into it. These hand held devices are plenty accurate to get you back on track.

However, they are electrical devices and as such can break down at any moment, particularly when you particularly need them, so make certain that you have a modern road map as well.

Whilst you are on vacation, the weather is quite important – in fact it can make or break a holiday, so why not take a portable weather radio with you? A weather radio is exactly what it implies. It is a radio that specializes in picking up weather transmissions – especially local ones.

This is very handy indeed, particularly if where you are heading is not undergoing the sort of weather you are searching for. It allows you to modify your destination without having to get there first. These useful devices often come with other tools built in like a flashlight and a timer (alarm clock).

Make sure that your RV has an adequate set of vehicle repair tools including gloves and safety goggles. Gloves are practical for keeping your hands clean if you have a repair to make and safety goggles come in very handy if you have to swap a wheel in a dust, rain or snow storm.

The last thing on our list, but not the least important, is a good First Aid Kit. When selecting a First Aid kit, comprehensive is definitely better than compact.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is now concerned with Oakley safety glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

January 31, 2011

Snow Boarding Safety Tips

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 4:59 pm

Safety is a very necessary aspect of snow boarding not only to prevent injury to yourself but also to be certain of the safety of innocent spectators. Snow boarding safety ought to be the prime anxiety for all snow boarders, because it is considered an extreme sport and therefore more dangerous than usual.

So, in the interests of safety for snow boarders and their fans, I have put a number of safety tips together below.

The first thing to do is to check the quality of the snow board. Look for damage and particularly cracks and splits. The board comes under a lot of stress while in use and you do not need it to disintegrate when you are travelling at speed.

While inspecting the board, check that it is the right size for you – in other words, is there enough room for you to put your feet on it comfortably? Using the right size board will allow you to exercise your skill without impediment.

After making certain that the snow board is good enough, you ought to make certain that you have the right protective clothing. One obvious concern is staying warm and another is being able to see where you are going. When you are travelling at high speeds, small flecks of snow and debris can be very painful and even blind you temporarily, so make sure that you are wearing protective goggles.

However, the goggles should be of a sufficient safety level, say, polycarbonate, and must also offer UV protection – UVa, UVb and UVc, if possible. Oakley make safety glasses and goggles of this type.

Make sure that your underwear is warm and then it will not matter too much what outer clothing you don as long as it is waterproof and tear-resistant. Make sure that you are well padded, so that whenever you take that inevitable fall, there is less chance of you breaking bones.

Next, make sure that your inner body is adequately maintained. Exercising in the snow and staying warm necessitates the expenditure of energy, so make sure that you have some. Although it is not recommended that you eat heartily immediately before exercising for fear of cramps, you do have to have consumed something with calories in it and you should make sure that your body is properly hydrated.

Consider taking some emergency supplies with you too. Snow boarding is a dangerous sport so it is quite possible that you might suffer a bad fall and have to wait for an emergency rescue, which can take a time and the weather could turn foul, so have some energy-rich chocolate or cereal bars on your person. You can eat snow to produce water, but you might want to take a litre of water with you anyway.

And last, but not least, take a mobile phone with you – one that has GPS, so that you can accurately phone your location to the rescue services should you have to.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on several topics, but is now concerned with Oakley safety glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Safety Glasses Bifocal

January 30, 2011

Gun Safety For Shooters And Hunters

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 12:08 am

Most boys and an increasing number of girls want to shoot. Not everyone wants to kill something but that is neither here nor there. The test for shooters is to be able to hit the target when required. Gun safety is vital, of course, because guns can be used as lethal weapons, yet at the end of the day, a gun is only a tool but tools can be used and mis-used.

Guns though are specific tools, as are all tools actually, but they have such an evocative reputation. Some Individuals are violently against them yet others uphold their legal right to hold them in a world where a higher percentage of criminals hold guns than innocent civilians.

Criminals will not be told, by definition, but for the rest of us gun holders, it is quite important to demonstrate that we are responsible – that we know how to be safe towards others with our firearm. It is a manner of dispelling fear in non-shooters and displaying that we are not all red-neck, gung ho idiots.

So, the first law is: always to regard a gun as if it were loaded. You never, ever point a gun at anyone in jest. Several well-known individuals have been killed in shooting accidents. OK, often while they were stoned, but ‘being out of it’ is no excuse whatsoever for behaving irresponsibly. Do not aim a gun at anyone you do not want to threaten – and that means threaten really big time!

There is never, ever any valid reason for having to point a gun at anyone in jest or accidentally. While loading a gun, it ought to be held so that the barrel is pointing away from anyone, even yourself.

If you want to pass a gun to someone, either you have to know them well or you do not do it. Whether the gun is loaded or not. The number of times I have been handed a loaded gun is incredible and I cannot put it down to my charm.

If you must show off your gun, unload it in front of your friend and check that it is unloaded in front of your friend. If he or she does not know about guns, at least you are demonstrating how to check the safety of the gun and that you are responsible.

One way of displaying or reminding yourself that a gun is safe is to attach a ribbon to a blank case and put that in the cylinder of a revolver and take the magazine out of a semi-automatic. Always hand a revolver over for viewing with the cylinder opened out so that the person can establish that the chambers are empty bar the one with the ribbon.

Never, ever play about with guns if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs – it is just too easy to make mistakes that can land you in gaol and regretting the accident for the remainder of your life, because the one wounded or killed in these circumstances is normally a friend – someone you were having a great time with.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many topics, but is now involved with Oakley safety glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

January 27, 2011

Fire Safety Equipment

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 6:48 pm

Everyone is afraid of fire. Or they ought to be. Imagine the horror of being trapped in a building or, even worse, on a boat at sea with a fire raging out of control. There have been many films made about it and I am sure that everyone has had occasion to think about what it would be like.

However, how many of us have adequate fire safety equipment at home, in the garage, in the car or in the office? Could you lay your hands on the essential fire safety equipment at a moment’s notice? Or do you know where it is (or ought to be), yet are not sure how to use it?

The point of this article is to get readers to check up on their fire safety equipment and their fire drill. If your company has not practiced a fire drill in some time, remind your employer. If that is you, you are probably breaking the law and if your family does not know where the fire safety equipment is (or how to use it), then you may as well not have bothered buying it in the first place.

The first thing you should do is take measures to stop fires spreading, if they break out. If you live in a street of terraced houses, make certain that there is a fire wall in the attic or roof space to prevent or slow fires spreading to or from your neighbours.

Similarly, take precautions to prevent or slow fires spreading from room to room within your own house. For instance, the door to the kitchen could be on a closer, so that it is always closed. The doors ought to be at least half-hour fire-check, not flimsy cardboard items that will burn down in seconds.

If your garage adjoins the house, you ought to have a half-hour fire-check door on a closer there too and fit intumescent strips to the door to seal it off should it get hot. You can use intumescent strips on the kitchen door too.

Once your home is as secure as it can get, that is, you can contain a fire, you want to know that you will not sleep through it, so you will require smoke detectors/alarms. These are very sensitive, so putting one in the kitchen is not much use, especially if you are not much of a chef.

It is better to install smoke detectors in the hall outside the kitchen and at the top of the stairs. If you want the best system, have them all wired in series and to the mains with battery back up. That way, if one is set off, they all go off, the wires cannot get burned through disabling the alarm and the batteries cannot expire leaving you vulnerable.

Once you know that you have a fire, you need to know where your fire safety equipment is and how to use it. First, you should have a couple of fire extinguishers. You must have at least three: one in the kitchen, one in the garage and one in the car, but one on the landing and one in the hall is a very good idea too.

Be aware that not all fire extinguishers are intended to put out the same forms of fire, so please take advice and read the labels. If you have extinguishers among your fire safety equipment, make sure that the refill is not out-of-date and they do need servicing, if you want them to work on demand.

Fire blankets are also practical in putting out fires and for shielding yourself from the scorching heat, if you have to make a dash through the flames to get outside and safety goggles are a great idea at this time, one which many people wish they had thought of before.

This list is not exhaustive, so enquire of for further knowledge from your local fire department.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is now concerned with Oakley safety glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Safety Glasses Bifocal

January 2, 2011

How To Refurbish The Children’s Bedroom

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 2:59 pm

Are you thinking of upgrading your children’s bedroom? Have they grown out of it or even wrecked it? Whatever the reason, it has to be done from time to time as your children grow up and have new needs or just require different size furniture. The first things to decide are how much you want to spend and whether you want any contribution from your children.

The answer to the first question, only you can know, but I would like to say that it can be great fun, a real eye-opener and a good bond-forger to have your children in on the decision-taking and the redecoration as well.

Well, OK, the redecoration depends on their ages, but they can help remove the old paper even if they are too young to help with the painting.

I will presume that you are going to seek your children’s advice. Positively do not take them to the shop first off and hope that you will get sensible answers. The best approach is to discuss what they want and then show pictures on line.

take plenty of notes and make sure the kids understand that they have agreed to their choices. Similarly with the colour scheme.

Attempt to steer them away from dreary, drab, gloomy colours. Most kids like primary colours anyway – yellow, blue and red – so you ought not have a difficulty here. Curtains and chair covers ought to be washable at home, not in a dry cleaners.

Strive to get fire-resistant fabrics. If you are concerned about nightly accidents or simple spillages, you could get a few of mattress protection covers too.

As far as the furniture itself goes, you should purchase the best you can afford. Check the joints and strive not to purchase anything that is nailed or stapled. You want furniture that is bolted or screwed together because it is stronger. You do not need me to tell you that children rock on chairs and bounce on beds.

If your children require a computer table, it can be a decent idea to have it bracketed to the wall or floor so that it cannot be accidentally tipped over, breaking the monitor. Substantial bean bag cushions are always a good idea too. They add colour, mirth and a comfortable place to read.

Children of all ages leave items lying about, so put a laundry basket in a corner somewhere and if the children are young, a toy box somewhere else. There should be cupboards and shelves, which is all that older children will need. Make certain that there are plenty of them and then there can be no excuses for untidiness.

You may also want to supply a small dustpan and brush as a hint that you expect your children to clean up small accidents themselves. You never know, they may get the idea.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of topics, but is now concerned with the pillow top mattress pads. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Egg Crate Mattress Pad For Sale.

December 31, 2010

The Benefits Of Buying Decent Clothing

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 6:45 pm

One of the strangest social or cultural phenomena since the Second World War is the change in criteria which individuals use to purchase garments. For thousands of years before then, people wanted the best possible clothing that they could get and one of the criteria that they used to judge each other was their dress sense or the quality of their clothes.

This all started to change in the Seventies when it became more significant to not be seen wearing the same article too often, so it became more desirable to have five cheap shirts that would not last long than to have one high quality shirt that would last for years. How did this shift in principles come about?

The most obvious people to blame are the fashion designers (or their imitators) and the advertisers. Individuals without much money to spend on clothes do not like to be seen in the same blue shirt on every other occasion, they would rather have several colours, but perhaps these individuals do not understand the difference in the quality.

The quality of one’s clothing is vital as most women and about half as many men know. First impressions count and bright and cheerful (but cheap) is not as impressive to those who know the difference as quality.

To those people who say that the person should count more than the clothing, I would say ‘Yes, in a perfect world. One day, but it is not the way it works now’. Why do people dress up for a date, and especially the first date? Why do individuals dress up for an interview? And why do individuals dress up to go to court?

It is because clothing matters and first impressions count and deep down, we all know it even though most of us wish that it did not matter so much.

First of all, it is important to find a style that suits you. Then you should buy items of clothing that are decent examples of that style. They will not be cheap, but is a Hell’s Angel’s leather jacket cheap? Absolutely not. Whatever niche you think you fit into or would like to fit into, purchase the appropriate clothing to stand out for quality.

I am not saying that people have to dress appropriate to their age group, I am saying that people should dress appropriate to the upper echelons of their niche group. If you would like to become a Hell’s Angel, get one of the best leather jackets and if you want to work in an office, buy yourself a good suit. Just because you cannot tell the difference between a cheap one and a decent one does not mean that your peers cannot as well.

You just have so much scope to modify your physical appearance, but you can still make a big impression by wearing quality clothing like a decent overcoat, a good suit, a good cardigan or a decent shirt. The people who know the difference will notice and it will not damage your prospects.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a number of subjects, but is now concerned with the jean jacket. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Mens Overcoats For Sale.

December 24, 2010

Young Girls And Their Traditional Dolls’ Prams

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 9:41 pm

Do you have a little girl in your life? Say a young daughter or a young niece? If she is between about five and ten years of age? If you are wondering what you can be a little girl of this age as a present, then perhaps I can help you out with a few suggestions

Does she love playing with dolls? Then I am willing to bet that she would like a doll’s pram. Young girls like to copy their mums and the mothers that they see on the street. They like to walk with their friends, pushing their dolls in their prams around the garden.

Some people say that this is a bad thing to encourage, but despite attempting to discourage parents from purchasing conventional toys for boys and, especially, girls for thirty or forty years, young girls still like to play with dolls and doll’s prams, Wendy Houses and toy tea sets..

Those young girls from the Seventies and Eighties are now in their thirties and forties, lots of them are feminists too, so the experience of playing with dolls and dolls’ prams and other customary girls’ toys does not appear to have done them any harm.

In fact, I think that it is far healthier for girls to play with dolls than it is for boys to play at being soldiers or cowboys brandishing toy guns, although even that almost certainly does not do any harm. Boys have probably been playing with toy guns, toy bows and arrows or even toy spears for thousands of years.

And I dare say that young girls have been playing with dolls and giving them tea parties for only as long too. While I was in infants’ school fifty years ago, our class had a Wendy House and girls and boys played in there together, although it was more for the girls – I do remember thinking that.

Traditional girls’ gifts like dolls, dolls’ prams, Wendy Houses and toy tea sets type of went out of fashion in the West in the last twenty-five years of the Twentieth Century, but they are back again now. These traditional girls’ toys can get seen in all the toys catalogues and toy shops such as Toys R Us.

They seem to have become a great deal cheaper now than they used to be too, unless you want a dolls’ pram from one of the traditional pram manufacturers like Silver Cross. Silver Cross dolls’ prams are beautifully manufactured displaying all the attention to detail and quality that they put into their full-size prams, which were ‘By Appointment to His and Her Royal Highnesses’ the kings and queens of the United Kingdom from about the mid 1930’s to the mid-1980’s.

Who knows, maybe they will become appointed again when the next royal baby arrives. At the moment Silver Cross, which has outlets all over the world and on the Net, is also giving away a traditional rag doll with each purchase of one of their prams.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with Silver Cross Dolls Prams. If you would like to know more, please visit our website at Doll Prams.

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