Independent magazine
Fire safety reading for St. Augustine homes
Plain guides on the subjects that decide how a household fares in a fire: where alarms belong, how an escape plan gets rehearsed, what the first thirty seconds of a kitchen fire ask, when a yard burn needs an authorization, and which alerts reach a phone in this county.
Current guides
What the magazine covers
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Home Fire Safety
Smoke Alarms in a Florida Home: Where and How Long
Room by room smoke alarm placement, the ten year replacement date, monthly testing and sealed battery models explained for older coastal homes.
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Home Fire Safety
Home Fire Escape Plans That Work at Night
Draw two ways out of every room, pick a meeting tree, close bedroom doors and rehearse the drill twice a year with the whole household.
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Home Fire Safety
Kitchen Fires: The First Thirty Seconds Decide
Why cooking leads home fires in America, what a grease fire does when water meets it, and the lid, oven door and pan moves that end it early.
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Home Fire Safety
Security Bars, Windows and a Way Out at Night
Burglar bars on older Florida homes can block the second way out.
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Home Fire Safety
The Seasonal Fire Walk-Through of an Old House
One hour, twice a year: cords, dryer lint, water heater clearance, grill distance, alarm dates and the escape routes checked one by one.
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Seasonal and Outdoor Fire Risk
Backyard Burning Rules on the Florida Coast
Yard debris rules for St.
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Seasonal and Outdoor Fire Risk
Generators After a Hurricane: Distance Saves Lives
Carbon monoxide has no smell: twenty feet from windows, never in a garage, dry hands, rated cord, and the CO alarm that guards the sleeping house.
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Community Fire Watch
Fire Safety for Older Adults Who Live Alone
Smoking, cooking and heating raise fire risk after seventy.
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Community Fire Watch
The Fire Questions Parents Ask Before a Sleepover
Before the sleeping bag leaves the house: alarms upstairs, two ways out of the guest room, the meeting spot and the phone call the host expects.
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Community Fire Watch
Becoming a Firefighter in St. Johns County
State of Florida firefighter certification, the EMT credential, National Testing Network scores, fitness days and what city recruitment really asks.
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Three ways in
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6 guides
Home Fire Safety
Smoke alarms, escape plans, kitchen fires, window bars and the seasonal walk-through, written for the older wooden houses of St.
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3 guides
Seasonal and Outdoor Fire Risk
Burn authorizations for yard debris, generators after hurricane outages and the outdoor fire habits of a Florida coastal year.
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5 guides
Community Fire Watch
Older neighbors who live alone, the sleepover checklist parents send along, county alerts and the road into the fire service.
The address
An independent journal on an old fire department address
This domain carried a municipal fire department site for years. The magazine that lives here now answers the same resident questions, smoke alarms, escape plans, burn permits, alerts and recruiting, as journalism rather than as an agency. Read how the guides are written, or start with where smoke alarms belong and the escape plan that works at night.