Use Oven Mitts and Hot Pads When Handling Heated Items

When using apartment the stove as you may have difficulty  Always read and follow the and residential hall reaching it if the stove is on fire. manufacturers guide. kitchens, please keep in mind the following Appliance Safety Dealing with Fires safety tips so that you, and those around you, General safety Pan Fires may enjoy a safer environment:  WATCH WHAT YOU HEAT -  Always keep a potholder, oven mitt PREVENT FIRES! Never leave and lid handy. If a small grease fire Personal protection cooking unattended. starts in a pan, put on an oven mitt and smother the flames by carefully  Keep clothing and hair away from  Use caution with electrical sliding the lid over the pan. Sliding a open flames and heating appliances. appliances. Plug one appliance into lid over a burning pan is a relatively Avoid wearing long, billowing, or an outlet at a safe way to extinguish a small grease loose clothing that could come into time. Do not fire. Placing the lid from front to contact with hot surfaces or flames. use extension back will limit your exposure to the Long hair should be confined and cords or multi- flames and scalding grease. With the tied back. plug adaptors. lid covering the flames, it is easier to turn off the burner. As long as the lid  Use oven mitts and hot pads when  Have appliances with frayed stays on, the oxygen is cut off and the handling heated items. or cracked cords repaired before fire can die out naturally. using.  Keep pot handles turned in on the  Never pour water on a grease fire and range top so you do not accidentally  Keep stoves, ovens, microwaves, and never try to move or carry a burning knock them off. other appliances clean and ready for pan as you can be severely burned by use. Wipe up spills daily or after hot grease and can easily spread the  Keep lids to the pots you are using each use. fire. handy to smother any possible flames.  Turn on the exhaust fan while the Oven Fires oven or stove is in use. If the fan is  Know the location of, not working properly, call for repair.  Turn off the heat and keep the door and how to use, the closed to prevent flames from nearest fire  Keep hot surfaces and the area burning you and your clothing. extinguisher. Get around them free of combustibles. trained in its use. Do not Toaster Oven or Microwave Fires keep the fire Microwaves extinguisher next to  Keep the door closed and unplug the  Remember to appliance if you can safely reach the always pull the alarm outlet. to alert Campus Emergency Phone emergency Numbers  services and the building Fire………………………………911 occupants of a fire situation. Police……………………………911

Using a Portable Fire Extinguisher Police ….(non-campus phone) 777-2393

 If you know how to safely use a Ambulance……………………..911 portable fire extinguisher, you may be able to put out a small, contained fire, such as a toaster oven or trash fire.

 Always pull the fire alarm before fighting the fire and make sure everyone else has left the building.

 Never allow the fire to be between you and the exit.

BBQ’s

Please refer to the Safety Check Flier “Campfires and BBQ’s” for detailed information on the use of grills and cooking outside. Binghamton University Environmental Health and Safety PO Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902 Phone (607) 777-2211 Fax (607) 777-4444

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