Be alert; if you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol, don’t use the oven or stovetop.

Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, grilling, boiling or broiling food

When simmering, baking or roasting, check the food regularly, remain in the kitchen while cooking and use a timer

Keep anything that can catch fire away from your stovetop

Keep all flammables, like paper, clothing, bedding, drapes or rugs, at least 3 feet from a space heater, stove or fireplace

Never leave portable heaters and fireplaces unattended; turn off heaters and make sure fireplace embers are extinguished before leaving the room

If you must use a space heater, place it on a level, nonflammable surface, like ceramic tile, not on a rug or carpet

Keep children and pets away from space heaters

When buying a space heater, look for models that shut off automatically if the heater falls over

Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas on the ceiling or high on the wall

Keep smoke alarms away from the kitchen, at least 10 feet from the stove, to reduce false alarms

Use special alarms with strobe lights and bed shakers for people who are hard of hearing or deaf

Test smoke alarms monthly

Replace batteries annually, and change the batteries in your carbon monoxide detector at the same time

Replace smoke alarms that are 10 or more years old