Hurricane Safety Zone - Garage Safety Tip

Garage Safety Tip

Is your garage safe?

The garage can contain numerous hazardous materials and liquids. We often throw things into the garage without a second thought. However, we really should pay attention to garage safety, because hazardous materials and poisons are a fire risk and danger to children. If you want your home to be as safe and secure as possible, you should read through our garage safety tips. We could all benefit from a garage safety tip or two. So in the name of home safety read through our garage safety tip list to ensure that you garage is as safe as it should be.

Garage safety tip list

Just take a minute to browse through our garage safety tip list.

Store all toxic and flammable materials in safe, sealed containers in a cabinet in your garage. If you have children, make sure that there is no way these materials can be accessed.
Keep all sharp objects, tools and materials safely secured and away from little hands
Keep a fire extinguisher handy
If you use a camping stove, barbecue or generator in the garage (which we recommend that you don't!) keep the garage door open for ventilation. You don't want to be get carbon monoxide poisoning.
Have your hot water tank serviced regularly
Check the safety of your garage door on a regular basis
Don't leave your car engine running, especially if the garage door is closed
If you have children, inform them of the dangers lurking around you garage and other peoples' garages
Keep your children's toys stored well away from any hazardous materials and sharp objects

It is easy to get complacent and let safety standards drop. Remember that the majority of residential fires are preventable, and many fires start in the garage. We hope you find our garage safety tip list useful. For further tips, you can log onto government sites. By typing 'garage safety tip' into the search engine you will have numerous sites with home and garage safety information.