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Be especially alert to hazards that may affect children and elderly.

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• Keep the kitchen clean and neat
• Clean up immediately after spills
• Keep play activities out of the kitchen
• Avoid using accordion style gates (children can get their heads stuck in them)
• Use seat belts

In the kitchen

• Parents have often accidentally knocked scalding hot food or boiling water down onto their children. Children have also pulled pots of hot food down on themselves. While cooking, turn all pot handles away from the stove's edges.
• Be careful not to heat up a handle over another burner.
• Install a smoke detector and fire extinguisher in your kitchen and never wear loose clothing while cooking.
• Cut children's food into small pieces.
• Give them small portions.
• Do not leave out pet dishes (especially if you have filled them with small dry foods, small children have choked on pet food and babies have drowned in water dishes).

• Install and maintain smoke detectors
• Practice a home fire escape plan
• Keep lighters and matches out of the reach of children

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