When you or your family members go to sleep at night, do they sleep with the bedroom doors open or closed? Your Gallup Fire Department would like everyone to remember to CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE!
Because of synthetic materials, furniture and construction, fire spreads faster than ever before. 40 years ago the average time you had to escape a fire was 17 minutes. Today you have 3 minutes or less. Closing doors helps stop the spread of the fire.
Closed doors can also protect you from heat. Research has found that a closed door can mean the difference between 1,000 degrees and 100 degrees.
Most people who die in a structure fire die from the toxic gases being produced such as carbon monoxide. Research found that a building that is on fire could have around 10,000 ppm of carbon monoxide but a closed door can reduce it to 1,000ppm.
We would like to share this short video from our brother and sister firefighters from the Sister Bay / Liberty Grove Fire Department. This quick video will show you have much damage a fire can do in a home and the difference a closed door can make.
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