QuickTips Index

Home Safety Improvements
Accident-proof your home to stay out of the ER. Make these improvements starting with the cheapest and working up.

Christmas Light Safety
Christmas lights are beautiful, but all that electricity can cause problems if not used properly. Christmas lights can get hot enough to burn or ignite other decorations. The cords can fray, leading to a short. When you put up Christmas lights this season - or holiday lights during any season - be sure to follow these Christmas light safety tips.

Cooking Safety
Protecting kids and adults from burns and catastrophic fires often starts in the kitchen.

The Grinch's Christmas Decorating Tips
Imagine you could ask Dr. Seuss's infamous, Christmas-stealing character, the Grinch, for Christmas decorating tips. He would certainly tell you to overload your circuits with Christmas lights and use an old, rickety ladder to put them on the house. He'd tell you to buy a dry, dead Christmas tree, put out lots of candles wrapped in ribbon and crepe paper, and populate your house with deadly, poisonous plants.

First Aid During Ramadan
Ramadan is the holiest month for Islam. Muslim followers mark it by completely fasting during daylight every day of the entire month. Followers will eat a meal before dawn and another after dusk with nothing in between. The sudden change in food and fluid intake can have serious consequences for some participants.

Christmas Tree Safety
If you decide to have a real tree adorning your living room during the 12 (or 30) days of Christmas, here are some important things to remember about choosing and caring for a fresh-cut Christmas tree.

Ladder Safety
With the right ladder and proper use, working above ground level should be no problem. Make sure you have an appropriate ladder and use correct technique for placement and climbing.

Candle Safety
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reports that candles were responsible for an estimated 18,000 home fires in 2002, more than triple the number of home fires caused by candles in 1990. 130 people were killed in 2002 - ten times as many were injured. Candle-related fires caused an estimated 333 million in property damage in 2002. If you are going to burn candles, follow these safety tips from the NFPA to make the experience as safe as it is relaxing and romantic.