Do You Close the Door Before You Doze Off in Malvern, OH?

9/8/2022 (Permalink)

Do you leave your bedroom door open at night?

Do you leave your bedroom door open at night? This may seem like an odd question but asking yourself this question could potentially save you and your family from an immense amount of damage if ever faced with a residential fire. Fires grow rapidly and in a matter of minutes they can escalate to a dangerous situation; all it needs is a supply to oxygen. When a home has its interior doors closed, the oxygen is cut greatly. This slows the spread of a fire and reduces the potential inhalation of deadly toxic smoke.

Why should you sleep with the door closed?

When a door is closed during a fire, a person in that room experiences:

• More survivable temperatures: Temperatures typically will stay below one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
• Livable oxygen levels: Oxygen levels read around 18%. (For comparison, regular room air is about 20% oxygen).
• Less toxic carbon monoxide levels: Close to one hundred parts per million of carbon monoxide.

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