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Spring Cleaning and Fire Safety

For many of us, now that the spring season is well underway, our thoughts are turning to the lengthy to-do lists we’ve made of spring cleaning and repair projects we have yet to tackle.

Increase Your Family's Safety With a Working Smoke Alarm

Smoke alarms save lives. Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries. If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out.
Here's what you need to know!

Carbon Monoxide Alarms

What is Carbon Monoxide? It is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels, such as gasoline, wood, charcoal, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, kerosene and methane burn incompletely. It’s a silent killer. The only safe way to know if carbon monoxide is present is to install carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home.

Cooking Safety

Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries. The leading cause of fires in the kitchen is unattended cooking.

What you should know about home cooking safety

Candle Safety

Candles may be pretty to look at but they are a cause of home fires — and home fire deaths. Remember, a candle is an open flame, which means that it can easily ignite anything that can burn.

Home Heating Safety

There is something about the winter months and curling up with a good book by the fireplace. But did you know that heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fire deaths? With a few simple safety tips and precautions you can prevent most heating fires from happening.

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300 B Avenue / P.O. Box 369
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Phone (503) 635-0275
Fax (503) 635-0376

Fire Chief: Don Johnson

Assistant Chief: David Morris

Fire Marshal: Gert Zoutendijk

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