Kelly: WELCOME BACK.
ALL ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND
IMPORTANT REMINDER, FIRE
PREVENTION WEEK IS HAPPENING
ALL ACROSS THE NATION THIS
WEEK.
OF COURSE, HERE IN HAWAI'I.
JOINING US THIS MORNING WITH
FIRE SAFETY TIPS CAPTAIN SCOTT
FROM THE HONOLULU FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
GOOD MORNING.
G GOOD MORNING.
CURRENTLY IN FIRE SAFETY WEEK.
RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT IS THIS YEAR'S THEME?
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS
NOT EVERY HERO WEARS A CAPE.
PLAN AND PRACTICE YOUR ESCAPE.
WE FOUND THAT RESIDENTS
THAT PRACTICE THEIR FIRE
SURVIVE A FIRE.
WHEN IT COMES TO BEING
ALERTED THAT A FIRE IS IN YOUR
HOME, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS IS SMOKE
DETECTORS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SMOKE ALARMS,
WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT AND
HOW CAN YOU MAINTAIN THEM?
WELL, THEY'RE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE TEAR GOING TO ALERT
YOU THERE IS A FIRE AND GOING
TO GIVE YOU TIME TO GET OUT
ALIVE.
THEN HOW TO MAINTAIN THEM IS
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE ONE IN EVERY
LEVEL OF YOUR HOME.
EVERY BEDROOM OR SLEEPING
AREA.
AND THEN ACCESS TO THOSE
AREAS.
THEN MAINTAINING THEM IS
BASICALLY GOING TO BE TESTING
IT ONCE A MONTH AND REPLACING
IT EVERY TEN YEARS.
Kelly: SO YOU MEAN
REPLACING THE ENTIRE DETECTER
ITSELF?
AFTER TEN YEARS, YES.
THE WHOLE DETECTER.
HOW OFTEN DO THOSE NEED TO BE
CHANGED?
DEPEND ON WHAT TYPE OF UNIT
YOU HAVE.
TEN YEAR BATTERY, AFTER TEN
YEARS, CHIRP OR MAKE NOISE.
REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT WITH
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A -- WITH
THE BATTERY.
DON'T HAVE A TEN YEAR BATTERY,
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CHANGING
YOUR BATTERIES EVERY YEAR BUT
STILL HAVE TO TEST THEM
MONTHLY.
BUT REMEMBER NOW, IF YOU HAVE
THAT ONCE A YEAR BATTERY, YOU
STILL HAVE TO CHANGE OR
REPLACE THAT UNIT EVERY TEN
YEARS.
Kelly: I'VE ALWAYS HAD THE
COUPLE OF MONTHS AND SO MANY
PEOPLE AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED DO THIS, YOU TAKE OUT
THE BATTERY, AND THEN
SOMETIMES IT'S A WHILE BEFORE
YOU CAN GET A NEW ONE.
I JUST GOT THE TEN YEAR ONE.
YOU GUYS, IT IS WORTH IT.
JUST A ONE-TIME THING.
DON'T HAVE WORRY ABOUT IT FOR
SO LONG.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SAFER OPTION.
ANY TYPE OF BATTERY AS LONG AS
IT'S WORKING IS GOOD.
TEN YEAR ONE, HIGHLY
RECOMMEND.
INSNEXT QUESTION, ONCE THE ALARM
GOES OFF, FIRE IN YOUR HOME.
WHAT SHOULD DO YOU?
YOU WANT TO REMAIN CALM.
WANT CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND
YOU.
GET OUT AND STAY OUT.
GET TO YOUR SAFE MEETING
PLACE.
SOMETHING PREDETERMINED LIKE
TELEPHONE POLE OR MAILBOX OR
TREE.
THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY AND SAFE
FOR RESPORNSD TO RESPOND.
Kelly: SOMETHING THAT YOU
SHOULD PREP WITH YOUR FAMILY
BEFOREHAND?
ABSOLUTELY.
Kelly: WHAT IS A SAFE
DISTANCE?
YOU SAID TELEPHONE POLE.
HOW FAR AWAY SHOULD HAVE YOUR
SAFE SPOT FROM YOUR HOME?
DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION
THAT YOU LIVE IN.
HOW CONGESTED IT IS OR OPEN IT
IS.
I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 20 FEET
AWAY FROM WHERE YOU THINK THE
FIRE TRUCKS MAY LINE UP.
Kelly: OKAY.
GOOD TO KNOW.
WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE
SPRINKLERS, WHAT SHOULD YOU
OUR VIEWERS KNOW ABOUT THOSE?
SPRINKLERS ARE THE SAFEST
WAY TO SAVE LIVES FROM A FIRE.
BASICALLY, BEST OPTION.
NOW, SMOKE ALARMS ARE
EFFECTIVE.
BUT THEY'RE NOT EQUIVALENT TO
A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, NEW
BUILD, REMODEL, THINGS LIKE
THAT, YOU WANT TO LOOK PAST
THE COUNTERTOPS AND CONSIDER
WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOUR
FAMILY SAFE.
CONSIDER INSTALLING SPRINKLERS
BECAUSE DYING IN YOUR HOME
FROM A FIRE REALLY SHOULDN'T
BE AN OPTION.
Kelly: SOMETHING THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY REALLY BE
PREVENTED.
NOW IS THE TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
ALL THE GREAT TIPS.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WORKING
SMOKE DETECTORS, ALARMS ARE
WORKING AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
A PLAN WITH YOUR FAMILY.
IF IT'S HAPPENING, GOD FORBID,
DURING, IT'S TOO LATE.
YOU NEED TO PREPREPARE FOR A
SITUATIONS LIKE THESE.
ABSOLUTELY.
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
DO YOU HAVE MORE EVENTS COMING
UP?
THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND,
WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE ADVICE
TAKES AT FIRE STATIONS AND
GUYS GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT
VENUES.
TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.
SO IT'S FULL WEEK OF
ACTIVITIES IN FACT, WHOLE
MONTH PRETTY BOOKED.
SO WE'RE FORTUNATE PEOPLE ARE
RECEIVING OUR MESSAGE.
NOW, WHEN HOPEFULLY, NOTHING
GOING ON.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
Kelly: THANK YOU FOR ALL