What could be worse than the thought of your pet being caught in a house fire? Unfortunately, it happens more often than most people realize. An estimated 500,000 pets are affected by home fires each year in America.
There are two key strategies in pet fire safety: preventing your pet from causing a fire and protecting your pet if a fire happens, regardless of how it started.
Prevention:
Pet owners should be hyper-vigilant about any possibility that their pet could accidentally start a fire. Just like you fire-proof a house for toddlers, you need to do the same for pets.
Protection:
If a pet accidentally escapes during a fire, don’t panic! Just like pets lost from natural disasters such as earthquakes and tornados, they usually don’t go far. They may bolt in fear at first but then hunker down and hide and creep back home when it is quiet. Leave food and water, your pet’s blanket, bed or crate and an article of your dirty clothing in a quiet place near the house but safely away from any fire debris. They may return on their own! Remind everyone to never chase or call a missing pet because this will usually drive them further away. Distribute flyers in the neighborhood so that everyone knows your pet is missing.
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