Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen

The Margate City Fire Department wants to share safety tips to keep you from having a cooking fire.

• Never leave cooking food unattended. Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, grilling or
• broiling. If you have to leave, even for a short time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, roasting, or boiling food, check it regularly, remain in the home
• while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you’re cooking.
• You have to be alert when cooking. You won’t be alert if you are sleepy, have taken medicine
• or drugs, or consumed alcohol that makes you drowsy.
• Always keep an oven mitt and pan lid nearby when you’re cooking. If a small grease fire
• starts, slide the lid over the pan to smother the flame. Turn off the burner, and leave the pan
• covered until it is completely cool.
• Have a “kid-free zone” of at least 3 feet around the stove and areas where hot food or drink
• is prepared or carried.

Please feel free to Contact the Margate City Fire Department if you need any fire safety assistance.
Margate City Fire Department: 609-822-5562