Brooklyn Colonial Club offers fire safety tips
Did you know that baking soda is the best way to put out a grease fire?
At the most recent Colonial Club of Bay Ridge meeting on Oct. 19, FDNY firefighters Julius Pontecorvo and George Tabeek informative tips about what to do in order to keep your family and household safe during a fire.
Pontecorvo said that smoke and carbon monoxide detectors must be tested once a month and asked, “Does anyone know how many beeps are for smoke and how many are for carbon monoxide? The answer is three for smoke and four rapid beeps for carbon monoxide.”