ESCAPE

Last week on The Richard Piet Show, we spoke with Michael McLeieer of ESCAPE, a Southwest Michigan-based organization that promotes fire safety. Mike told us Michigan leads the nation in fire safety deaths at present, and many of them are possibly preventable, given the prevalence of smoke alarms these days...

Reminders from fire safety professionals as we decorate our homes this Christmas. Michael McLeieer of ESCAPE says Michigan continues to lead the nation in fire deaths, and the holidays could be the time those stats get bolstered. McLeieer tells The Richard Piet Show dry Christmas trees and bad holiday lights are often to blame for holiday fires in homes...

As the stockings are hung by the chimney with care and the tree is well trimmed, one thing some may not readily consider is safeguarding against fire. Coming up this week on The Richard Piet Show, we'll review the things you need to know about fire safety during the holidays...

People are busy. Time flies. For those reasons, fire safety professionals decided some years ago to attach a reminder to a twice-yearly task we are forced to do - in an effort to save lives. They use the spring-forward and fall-back clock adjustments as a reminder to make sure life-saving alarms have fresh batteries and function properly...

It's happened 44 times. When you're in the fire safety business like ESCAPE founder, firefighter and Certified National Fire Instructor Michael McLeieer is, you remember the number of times people have told you what they learned from you saved their life - or that of someone whom they know...

Smoke alarms placed strategically throughout your home are one component of a safe escape plan when your home is burning. There are others, too, though according to Michael McLeieer, firefighter and president of E.S.C.A.P.E. McLeieer tells The Richard Piet Show on WBCK smoke alarms have a life expectancy and should be replaced...

Thanksgiving will be here soon, and firefighter Michael McLeeier, president of E.S.C.A.P.E., says kitchen fires can often happen on holidays like Thanksgiving, when cooks are easily distracted by all the activity around them. As well, kitchen fires can end up causing a lot more damage, not unlike the photo above...