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8.5.1 Checking for in-house hazards<br />

Section VIII : NGOs and Voluntary Agencies<br />

• Encourage people to inspect their houses once every year to find and correct potential<br />

hazards such as any household items that can move, fall, break, or cause a fire.<br />

• Check for electrical hazards.<br />

♦ Undertake repairs or replacement of hazardous cables, plugs, connections.<br />

♦ Remove unwanted plug points or unused cables.<br />

• Check for combustible materials in the household<br />

♦ Appropriateness of storage place (light, ventilation, heat and reach of children)<br />

♦ Appropriateness of containers of flammable liquids such as kerosene/diesel (quality<br />

of material, quantity of material, covers, leakage)<br />

♦ Precautions undertaken for managing the spills<br />

• Check for fire hazards.<br />

♦ Separation of household goods from inflammable materials<br />

♦ Separation of fuel from combustible materials<br />

♦ Cleaning of valves, pressure stoves and supply points<br />

Jalna District Disaster Response Plan Vol II - 149

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