Thanksgiving Holiday Safety Tips

Thanksgiving Holiday Safety Tips

The St. Landry Crime Stoppers Board would like to wish everyone a
Safe and Happy Thanksgiving. To help achieve this, here’s a few
safety tips.

1. Stand by your pan. If you leave your kitchen, turn the burner
   off.
2. Keep an eye on what you fry! Most cooking fires start when
   frying food.
3. Roll up your sleeves. This reduces the chance that they’ll catch
   fire.
4. Supervise children and pets. Make sure they stay away from the
   stove.
5. Watch what you’re cooking! If you see smoke or grease starts to
   boil, turn the burner off!
6. If there’s an oven fire, keep the door closed! Turn it off, wait
   until it cools.
7. Move items that can burn or melt away from the stove!
8. Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove. This prevents a
   bump from turning into a burn!
   If a fire is not quickly extinguished, leave the house and call 9-1-1
   from outside.
   On behalf of the St. Landry Crime Stoppers Board, the St. Landry
   Parish Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, have a blessed and
   safe Thanksgiving!