Celebrate Fire Prevention Week with Timon and Pumbaa

Fire Prevention Week, October 4 – 10th, is almost over. But it isn’t too late to celebrate it with your family!

The comical “Lion King” duo, Timon and Pumbaa, are back and are excited to help your family to stay fire smart! With laughter, music, and a lot of great safety lessons, “Disney’s Wild About Safety with Timon and Pumbaa: Safety Smart About Fire” is a great way to introduce or remind your family what to do in a fire emergency.

I had the chance to watch the video with my daughter and she loved it! Of course Timon and Pumbaa kept her attention the entire time and their catchy song had her singing “Get down, Get out, Stay out” all week!!!

During the 12-minute video Timon and Pumbaa discuss everything from smoke alarms to fire evacuation plans. You can actually preview this great video online throughout October at www.safetysmartdvd.com. The DVD, presented by Underwriters Laboratories and Disney, is scheduled to hit Barnes and Noble shelves November 16!

This year’s Fire Prevention Week is centered around the theme of Burn Prevention Awareness and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is helping families identify those scary burn “hot spots” in their homes. With two small girls running around my house, burn “hot spots” are something that always have me worrying.

Here are some great easy-to-remember burn prevention tips from UL:

• Create a kid-free zone in the kitchen. Keep kids about three feet away from the stove — if possible — while adults are cooking. Place a kitchen rug to identify the kid-free zone.
• Keep the pots in back. Cook on the back burners. Never leave a pot on the stove within reach of a child as children have a tendency to reach up and grab anything in their line of sight.
• Test the bath water first — if the water is too hot for you, it’s too hot for your child. Before bath time, make sure your child’s bath water isn’t too hot. An adult should be able to place his or her arm in the water for 30 seconds without discomfort. To cool the bath water down, run some cold water before your child gets in.

I really hope you take a few minutes to talk to your kids about Fire Safety. Change the batteries in your smoke detectors, take a minute to test the bath water, talk about a fire evacuation plan.

You can even schedule a play date and have your kids watch “Disney’s Wild About Safety with Timon and Pumbaa: Safety Smart About Fire” with their friends!

Let’s get our families excited about Fire Prevention Week!!!

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