Hey - these notices usually go out when the clocks change, but DU is ahead of the game:

[hedgehog]

1. Have a smoke alarm on each floor, and make sure they are working.

2. Have a fire plan for your family. My kids always knew that if we ever had a house fire, they were to get out and go to a tree out front and wait there.

3. Know how to get out of any building you're in, and have an alternate exit. I took a lecture class in a building that was designed with odd nooks and crannies (modern architecture). When the fire bell went off, I was the last kid out of the room, but everyone else was standing in front of the elevator down the hall. I was the only one who knew that the staircase was hidden behind an anonymous door.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. And Tennesseeans, make sure you pay your $75 Fire Subscription Fee

--d!

[hedgehog]

2. That reminds me - it's good to have honkin' big house numbers

so the fire company can find your house, especially at night. In every rural area I've ever lived, people seem to be convinced that if they identify their house, they'll be kidnapped by aliens! Put the name on the mail box, at least!

[Better Today]

4. Actually if possible they prefer those numbers streetside like on the

mailbox if it's in front of the house, or on the curb in reflective paint. At least that's what they tell us around here. House fronts at night, unlit, are hard to see. In an emergency, lights may not have been turned on or even working.

[Threedifferentones]

6. Ya, because fire departments are controlled by the state of TN....

[Jamastiene]

3. I time my battery testing with the car registration each year.

It is the only way I can remember. If only I could remember to get the car inspected without the ugly yellow sticker in the windshield, I wouldn't have a scare like I did this year. It is the first year since they changed the law and I completely forgot when to get the car inspected (before renewing registration), because the ugly yellow sticker is no longer applied to the windshield any more.

Still, it is good to review fire safety at a set time each year and to be sure to change the batteries in the smoke alarms, have a carbon monoxide tester, change the batteries in that too, and do it all at the same time.

K&R

[emilyg]

5. I do it on

my birthday in October.