http://www.hurricanesafetyzone.com/home-safety/garage-safety-tips.html Check out our garage safety tips. Take a moment to read through our garage safety tips to ensure that your garage is not a fire hazard. en-us Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:20:29 EST Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:20:29 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 Is your garage safe? The garage is often overlooked in home safety checks. However it is usually the most potentially dangerous and hazardous room in the house. We throw all manner of things in the garage including flammable materials and liquids. As the majority of residential fires in the US are preventable, it is crucial that we carry out garage safety checks to make our homes safe. If you have children, there can be all kinds of dangerous, poisonous and sharp objects lying around the garage. Thus it is important to follow some garage safety tips, to make your garage is safe and secure. Garage safety advice Have you carried out any safety checks around your garage lately? Do you ever get informed by reading or listening to some garage safety tips? Well, if you think you need some garage safety tips, we have some for you right here. Keep all machinery safely stored, and out of reach from little hands. Make sure that you don't leave any machinery plugged in Keep all poisonous and flammable liquids stored appropriately in sealed containers and in lockable cabinets Don't leave any sharp objects lying around Keep toys away from all potentially dangerous objects and materials Make sure then any gas containers are sealed properly and stored correctly Keep a fire extinguisher handy Keep the garage door to the house locked, you don't want you children to have free access to the garage and be able to wonder out of the garage alone Most of the garage safety tips are common sense, but it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves of basic safety measures from time to time. Following our garage safety tips really could make the difference between life and death. For more tips, go to the government sites for information on a wide range of safety issues. EB Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:20:29 EST