Tuesday 8th March 2011
Across England on Shrove Tuesday hundreds of people will be cooking and eating pancakes. Pancakes are easy to make and many children will be cooking them themselves.
Cooking pancakes can be a high fire risk, getting distracted with lathering your pancake in your favourite topping could lead to the frying pan being left unattended and to overheat. If there is oil in the frying pan the overheating of the pan could cause the oil to burst into flames. Do you and your children know what to do if this happens?
To stay safe this Shrove Tuesday:
– Always ensure that a responsible person is supervising the cooking of the pancakes.
– Talk to your children and ask them if they know how to put out a fire that is due to overheating oil.
– Make sure your children know the dangers of adding water to a pan of overheating oil. Show them clips on YouTube if you think this would help them understand.
– Check that you have a fire blanket and talk through the process of how to use a fire blanket with all members of your family who are keen pancake cooks.
– Go through the evacuation procedure in your house with all occupants.
– Check that you have smoke alarms fitted and that they are working. Having a working smoke alarm can increase your chances of surviving a fire in your home unharmed.
Enjoy pancake day and stay safe.
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