Thanksgiving is Coming, and With it Come Unique Fire Safety Issues

Jack Eves: [00:00:00] X one. One. Always classic. Good morning folks. Jack Eves here in the studio for another edition of me, Corland County. And joining me in the studio this morning is Chief of the City of Corland Fire Department, Wayne Friedman and chief of the Cortlandville Fire Department. Mike Biviano. Guys, good morning.

Welcome,

Wayne Friedman: Jack. Thank you. Hi.

Mike Biviano: Good morning, Jack. How we doing?

Jack Eves: Good, good. Always good to have you guys back in studio again.

Wayne Friedman: Yes. We seem to be, meeting frequently to talk about a number of items. So we’re, we’re. We appreciate you letting us be here.

Jack Eves: A number of important items. And you know, speaking of one of those, a big important day is coming up on Thursday, Thanksgiving already.

Wayne Friedman: It’s hard to believe that, as the times ticked away here, but yes, Thanksgiving’s coming up and, obviously, families are gonna be getting together and, you know, we want them to have a safe, enjoyable holiday. One of the biggest things we talk about is, as usual, the, the. Atmosphere of cooking and Yep.

The, some of the dangers that come with that. So we just wanna make sure that people understand there’s some safety things that they should be doing to make things, [00:01:00] overall, an enjoyable time.

Jack Eves: Yes. You know, even when you’re dealing with the stress of all your family members coming in town, you don’t need the stress of your kitchen burning or.

Maybe burning the Turkey a little bit too much too, especially if you’re frying it. ’cause you know, there are some big important safety tips if you’re deciding to fry a Turkey this year. Isn’t that right, sir?

Mike Biviano: That is correct. Actually, and unfortunately the, the Homer fire chief couldn’t join us this morning, but, the Homer Fire Department for their.

Open house during fire prevention week, they always do a great display that shows the dangers of deep frying Turkey. Well, you know? Mm-hmm. Deep fried Turkey is always delicious. But they show that, you know, making sure it’s properly, thawed it’s not frozen, that not using a properly prepped Turkey and put it into the deep fryer can actually have a catastrophic event.

Becomes quite a fire hazard.

Jack Eves: Yeah. ’cause I wanna say, I saw the video, they published that on their Facebook page. If anyone’s curious, it’s at the Homer Fire Department’s Facebook page. But you know, if it’s still frozen or you fill the oil too high in the, pot and you drop it in there and it hits the flames that goes up instantly.

Wayne Friedman: Yeah. It’s, it, it is very dangerous [00:02:00] if you don’t do things the right way with that. And, you know, outside of the deep frying, just the regular cooking environment in the kitchen, you know. Let’s face it, it’s the, that’s the hub of the Thanksgiving day, right? Yes. And, and, you know, everybody’s in there doing stuff and that’s, that’s a wonderful thing.

But there, you know, it can be somewhat dangerous with the cooking and, you know, having too many people and all of a sudden, you know. Something happens that, wasn’t planned and there’s an accident, you know, so we just recommend that, hey, the kitchen’s for cooking and gatherings in another room of the house, if at all possible.

Right? We recognize what that, what, what happens, but we’re trying to limit that activity in that kitchen so the people that are cooking are focused on what they’re doing and not getting interrupted or anything like that.

Jack Eves: Yeah. ’cause if it ends up getting crazy in the kitchen, you know? Some of the things that could lead to a possible fires, you know, forgetting to set the timer on the oven and it’s cooking too long and it starts burning.

Or even you put a dish rag on [00:03:00] top of, your stove and then you forget it’s there and you light one of the burners and that’s going up.

Mike Biviano: Right? And another option too. You think about, you know, we preach the fire stuff, you know, the fire safety, which is extremely important. You know, as Chief Friedman alluded, you wanna make sure that you know the kitchens, there’s a lot of people, it’s not for gathering.

So if you’re trying to move around to get something, you bump into grandma or whoever, and she falls into the stove and knocks over one of the pots, you know, the, the hot gravy or the boiling water, whatever. And that becomes a whole nother, event. You can get, you know, seriously burned, injured off.

That’s right. You know, hot items on the stove. So, you know, turn your handles in and just, you know, try to limit the people and space it out a little.

Jack Eves: Yeah. And, you know, make sure like the most stressful night is dealing with your in-laws at Thanksgiving, right? Yeah. Yeah. But, and you know, obviously always make sure too, to have a fire extinguisher in your kitchen.

Wayne Friedman: Right. You know, all these safety mechanisms are there and we want to keep people, you know, safe. Have a good, enjoyable time and, and one of the other items to keep in mind, not necessarily with the kitchen [00:04:00] or, but there’s plenty of travel over that timeframe and

Jack Eves: Right.

Wayne Friedman: Weather. I mean, you know, just earlier this week we saw our first real snowfall and accumulation and, and we’re all well aware of it.

But we always need to be reminded of it. And people travel and they may travel, you know, a number of miles and we just want people to take their time, you know, and get to their destination, plan things out. And it, we always have to remind people of that.

Jack Eves: It’s always a good reminder. But once seeing the snowfall, usually it sets in after a couple of days.

It’s like, okay, I’m gonna give myself this time cushion again, and I’ll always be for the holidays. Guys, thank you so much for coming in. And as always, you know, Thanksgiving, I’m probably gonna be speaking with you guys shortly too, as Christmas is gonna be approaching as

Wayne Friedman: soon as yeah, we’ll probably come back and chat about, that holiday event as well.

Mike Biviano: That brings a whole other list of, you know, fire safety concerns and home concerns. So we will be back for that.

Jack Eves: Awesome. Chief Friedman, chief Viviana, thank you so much for coming in for another edition of Meet Corrin County. I’m Jack Eves.