{"id":622,"date":"2010-09-30T13:45:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T20:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/?p=622"},"modified":"2015-05-13T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T14:24:38","slug":"october-is-fire-safety-month-we-have-a-plan-for-you-and-your-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/2010\/09\/october-is-fire-safety-month-we-have-a-plan-for-you-and-your-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"October is fire safety month. We have a plan for you and your pets!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My sister called me today to tell me it was 111 degrees in Long Beach California.\u00a0 111!\u00a0 Oh, right.\u00a0 It’s Indian summer right now – it happens every year –\u00a0 and the temperatures hover in obscene ranges as the dry Santa Ana winds punish region.\u00a0 Often these dry winds are accompanied by California fires (in fact, I just stumbled across a website that lists all fires in California.\u00a0 http:\/\/cdfdata.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/incidents_current<\/a> )-\u00a0 there were 12 major fires just this month!<\/p>\n

But no matter where you live, having safety precautions in place in the event of a fire is important.<\/p>\n

Recently I wrote about pet fire safety for you and your pets called, oddly enough, Fire Safety for Your Pets<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 If you missed reading it, now is a good time to review- it being fire safety month and all….\u00a0 The article discusses things you can do to make you and your pets safer in the event of a fire.\u00a0 There is also a link to ADT’s website where, in exchange for your name and address, they will send you a free window decal indicating pets are inside.\u00a0 These decals are good to have in the event of any emergency where your home is evacuated.\u00a0 Rescuers will know to check for pets in the event you are not home when the evacuation occurs.\u00a0 Your pet’s lives just might be saved because of that decal.<\/p>\n

Here is the link to get a\u00a0 free decal for yourself:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.adt.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The second part of your plan should be to have an evacuation plan in place.\u00a0 I mentioned California – land of earthquakes and wildfires.\u00a0 Well now I’m in Florida land of hurricanes.<\/p>\n

As a result of living here, we’ve written several articles on hurricane evacuation plans, and those plans work just as well when planning an evacuation for any type of disaster be it hurricane, earthquake, tornado, flood, fire, etc.\u00a0 You’ll want to have some things handy in the event you have to vacate suddenly and the time to put them together is before you need them.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of articles that you can use as guidelines for putting together your own plan:<\/p>\n