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| With the arrival of the cold period |
| Avoid fires in his housing |
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Writing
AP
The fires in the hearth are an extremely serious matter. In the United States, every three hours approximately a person dies as a consequence of a catastrophe in his housing, while in Canada every 32 hours someone is a fatal victim of a residential fire, according to statistics of the National Association of Prevention of Fires in the Hearth (National Fire Prevention Association, NFPA).
Next, some accident control measures that might avoid a fire in his hearth.
Big part of the fires is generated in the kitchen. Always supervise what he is cooking, so that the food does not catch fire, or so that no spark or inflamed material originated from the stove provokes a fire in another part of the kitchen.
Many persons do not know that the cloth loose threads can provoke a fire in the air vent of the dryer. Although it is important to empty the loose threads filter whenever it is going to dry clothes, it is the same way vital to inspect the air vent and the pipes to liberate from the adherent loose threads these.
The defective cables also are causes of fires. Ask a professional electrician to inspect the electrical cablería of his hearth, and to replace any defect, if it is necessary, to avoid a fire. Also, do not overload the plugs.
Support the curtains and other cloths removed from radiators and calefactores electrical. Do not make any portable calefactor burning without supervision.
Do not leave burning sails when he is going to sleep, or when it is going to stay away from a certain room or from his housing. The sails contribute to a great extent the generation of fires.
Have to hand an extinguidor loaded in every apartment of his housing.
Inspect regularly the useful life of the batteries of the detectors of smoke, and the alarms of leakages of carbon monoxide.
He believes a leakage plan in case of fire with his family, emphasizing the surest exits and the meeting place in case a catastrophe should take place in his hearth.
Store neither canisters of painting, newspapers, rags nor another type of chemical materials close to the stove or the calefactor of his hearth.
Never use the stove as source of heating.
Replace immediately the effects old or defective domestic appliances.
Neither sit down nor go to bed smoking. To smoke standing prevents from remaining asleep while it does it. Place the cigaret in the ashtray or dampen it in the sink, and váyase to sleep. Spill the ashes in the sink and dampen them, then gather them and throw them in the garbage, far from the house.
Do not accumulate garbage of lawn cut nearly one building. The lawn sheets in fermentation can provoke heat and catch fire.
Support the pets in only one place when it is going to go out of house, to prevent from bitting some electricity cable.
Support the lighters and fósforos out of the scope of the children.
| The central point of the house is the kitchen, where the Hispanic families meet often to eat and to celebrate |
| The whole success to fair of the housing and day of financial aptitude |
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Bertha Sáenz
WH
The Department of Housing and Community Matters of the County of Montgomery (DHCA for his initials in English) realized the Ninth Annual Fair of the Housing and Day of Financial Aptitude in the Center of Activities “Bohrer Park“, located in “Summit Hall Farm”, in Gaithersburg, (MD) “This year trades it I focus in giving practical help to persons who face mortgage judgments, as well as also in giving advices of as administering his money, to improve his credit, to know the different loans options, to save in the energy account payments, to find housing and to take advantage of the federal, state and local programs of housing”, I express, Myriam Torrico, Administrator, Hispanic Affairs.
The fair counted with more than 80 exhibitors that they were present giving information about his programs and services.
The organizing committee of the Fair of the Housing, once again, they are grateful to all the local institutions and the auspiciadotes that allowed that the event to be successful.
| Detect leaks and filtrations inside and out of the hearth |
| Prepare injuries for falls of heavy objects |
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Writing
Agencies
For the small children, the house is a games field, and although many parents condition the house so that it is sure, some of them perhaps do not know of that the TV sets, the furniture and the domestic appliances that are not well insured are secret dangers that they watch in every room. For what the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission for the Safety of the Products of Consumption of the United States, CPSC) urges the parents to take once again simple measures and of low cost to prepare deaths and injuries.
The personnel of the CPSC has knowledge at least of 30 reports of press of deaths for falls of these objects from January, 2007 in the same age group.
“Many parents are not conscious of the mortal danger that these secret risks represent. I urge the parents to assure the TV sets, furniture and domestic appliances in his effort to have a sure hearth for the children”, said the president of the CPSC, Inez Tenenbaum. “To dedicate a few moments now to this task can avoid a tragedy further on”.
Generally, the injuries and the deaths happen when the children are climbed, are raised or fall down against furniture of TV set, ledges, booksellers, boudoirs, offices, commodes and domestic appliances. In some cases, a TV set placed on a furniture a child can overturn and cause traumatic and sometimes fatal injuries.
| Have the changes under control |
| Save money in a change |
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Writing
Washington Hispanic
According to the Direction of the Census of the United States, approximately 40 million Americans change to a new house every year. The next time that realizes a change, pays attention to following advices.
First of all a change can be more economic if less things move. Do an inventory of the belongings then to be able to sell what is not needed or not he loves in a courtyard flea market. One also can donate many articles to an organization charity and like that the cost saves itself of moving them in the change.
Secondly, remember that there are materials to pack that can be obtained free. Why to buy them if there are materials that serve to pack and do not cost anything? Ask his friends materials to keep him of packing that they come in the boxes that receive by mail, how the bubbles or the little bolls of foam rubber, and it uses them again. Go to the shops that it usually frequents and ask for the empty boxes that normally pull at the garbage. That not only saves money but it helps to the environment, since these articles turn to use.
To save time and frustrations are avoided, do the arrangements so that when it comes to his new house it already has the public services installed.
Once it has finished with his change think about ways of recycling the materials that it has used. It is possible to sell them to recycle straight a manufacturer of role that will be able to use it again.
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