St. John Ambulance is urging everyone to put fire safety awareness at the top of their holiday to-do-list. The Christmas season is a high risk period for fires in the home, due to widespread use of lights, candles, and related social activities which bring on additional risks that home owners should be prepared for. St. John Ambulance is appealing to people to be particularly vigilant over the coming weeks. The most important thing to do is install a minimum of two smoke alarms in your home, if you have not already done so. St. John Ambulance is also reminding people to be first aid trained and to think about having reliable fire safety products on hand to help prevent fires in their homes.

Based on the common causes of fire, St. John Ambulance offers the following products that will help prevent fires, extinguish fires, or provide protection from smoke inhalation in the case of fire and burn relief:

FireEx Blanket - extinguishes small fires, easy to use, handy to store.

FireEx Safety Table Mat - prevents small fires, increases home safety, quality approved.

Safe Escape - protective respiratory hood, protects against lethal smoke, heat resistant to 300 F.

Burnjel products - relieve pain, remove heat from burn area, prevent infections, stops burn progression.

Products are on sale now for a limited time! For more information please visit http://www.shopsja.ca/ or contact us at 1-800-801-0181.

(Proceeds from the sale of these products and all other St. John Ambulance activities are re-invested into our array of charitable, community service programs.)