• Service all heating systems and all gas-, oil- or coal-burning appliances by a technician annually.
• Install a battery-operated and electric-powered carbon monoxide detector in your home and check or replace the battery when you change the time on your clocks each spring and fall. If the detector sounds, leave your home immediately and call 911.
• Contact a doctor if you believe you have carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Do not use gas-powered devices such as a generator, grill or stove inside your home, basement or near a near a window or door. Generators should be operated more than 15 feet from the home.
• Do not run any gas-powered motor inside a closed structure, such as a garage.
An elderly Westland woman dropped a cigarette in her front living room Monday, sparking a blaze that killed her husband and put her in a local hospital’s intensive care unit.
Westland police and fire officials are not releasing the couple’s names but said the wife, 79, is in stable but critical condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital.
State Sen. Dayna Polehanki was a tad out of breath Saturday after completing a search-and-rescue mission like any of her local firefighters would.
The conditions were dark. She had to keep talking to her partner, state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia, while feeling against the wall to find the dummy and then drag it to safety.
Farmington Hills Fire Department (Photo: Farmington Hills Fire Department)
Farmington Hills firefighters are planning a Thursday, May 9, smoke alarm blitz.
For eight hours, they’ll visit local homes to install hundreds of smoke alarms at no cost to residents.
It’s part of their campaign to prevent fires from blazing out of control.
Bringing Our Work Home With Us
Everyone likes to think that our work lives and our home lives are separate. This is not actually true. Our work is affected by the stuff that happens at home and we certainly let our work life affect our home life. This is normal. If you don’t believe me, ask the people you live with (family, wife, husband, kids).
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Bringing Our Work Home With Us
Everyone likes to think that our work lives and our home lives are separate. This is not actually true. Our work is affected by the stuff that happens at home and we certainly let our work life affect our home life. This is normal. If you don’t believe me, ask the people you live with (family, wife, husband, kids). Read More...
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