Ukhuseleko lomlilo ekhaya

Iialamu zokutshaya okanye izixhobo zokukhangela izixhobo zisebenza nokuba awunuki. Iingcebiso ngokusetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo zibandakanya:

• Bafake kwiipaseji, ngaphakathi okanye kufutshane nazo zonke iindawo zokulala, ikhitshi kunye negaraji.
• Bavavanye kube kanye ngenyanga. Guqula iibhetri rhoqo. Enye inketho yialam enebhetri yeminyaka eli-10.
• Uthuli okanye cleaner phezu alarm umsi njengoko kufuneka.

Ukusebenzisa isicima-mlilo kunokucima umlilo omncinci ukuze ungabikho kulawulo. Iingcebiso zokusetyenziswa zibandakanya:

• Gcina izicimi-mlilo kwiindawo eziluncedo, ubuncinane ibe nye kwinqanaba ngalinye lekhaya lakho.
• Qiniseka ukuba unaso isicima-mlilo ekhitshini lakho kunye negaraji yakho.
• Yazi ukusebenzisa isicima mlilo. Fundisa wonke umntu kusapho lwakho indlela yokusebenzisa enye, nayo. Ngexesha likaxakeka, kufuneka ube nakho ukwenza ngokukhawuleza.

Imililo ingangxola, itshise ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ivelise umsi omninzi. Ingumbono olungileyo ukuba wonke umntu azi ukuba angaphuma njani kwikhaya lakhe ngokukhawuleza ukuba oko kuyenzeka.

Cwangcisa iindlela zokubaleka umlilo kuwo onke amagumbi asendlwini yakho. Kungcono ukuba neendlela ezimbini zokuphuma kwigumbi ngalinye, kuba enye yeendlela inokuthintelwa ngumsi okanye umlilo. Yiba nokuzilolonga kabini ngonyaka ukuze uqhelise ukubaleka.

Fundisa amalungu osapho ukuba enze ntoni xa kusitsha.

• Kunyuka umsi xa kusitsha. Ke eyona ndawo ikhuselekileyo onokuthi ubaleke xa ubaleka iphantsi emhlabeni.
• Ukuphuma ngomnyango kungcono, xa kunokwenzeka. Soloko uziva umnyango oqala ezantsi kwaye usebenze phezulu ngaphambi kokuvula. Ukuba umnyango ushushu, kusenokubakho umlilo kwelinye icala.
• Yiba nendawo ekhuselekileyo ecwangcisiweyo kwangaphambi kwexesha ukuze wonke umntu adibane ngaphandle emva kokubaleka.
• Ungaze ubuyele ngaphakathi nantoni na. Hlala ngaphandle.

Ukuthintela imililo:

• Musa ukutshaya ebhedini.
• Gcina umatshisi kunye nezinye izinto ezinokutsha kude nabantwana.
• Ungaze ushiye ikhandlela elivuthayo okanye indawo yomlilo ingahoywanga. Musa ukuma kufutshane nomlilo.
• Ungaze ubeke impahla okanye nantoni na ngaphezulu kwesibane okanye isifudumezi.
• Qinisekisa ukuba i-wiring yasekhaya ihlaziyiwe.
• Khulula izixhobo ezifana neephedi zokufudumeza kunye neengubo zombane xa zingasetyenziswa.
• Gcina izinto ezinokutsha kude nemithombo yobushushu, izifudumezi-manzi, kunye nezifudumezi-mandla ezivulekileyo.
• Xa upheka okanye ugrosa, musa ukushiya isitovu okanye igrill ingakhathalelwanga.
• Qiniseka ukuba uyivala ivalve kwitanki yesilinda eyi propane xa ingasetyenziswa. Yazi ukugcina itanki ngokukhuselekileyo.

Fundisa abantwana ngomlilo. Chaza ukuba ziqaliswe njani ngengozi kunye nendlela yokuzikhusela. Abantwana kufuneka bakuqonde oku kulandelayo:

• Sukuchukumisa okanye usondele kwiradiyetha okanye isifudumezi.
• Ungaze ume kufutshane neziko lomlilo okanye isitovu seenkuni.
• Ungachukumisi umatshisi, izibane, okanye amakhandlela. Xelela umntu omdala ngoko nangoko ukuba ubona nayiphi na kwezi zinto.
• Sukupheka ungakhange ubuze umntu omdala kuqala.
• Ungaze udlale ngeentambo zombane okanye ufake nantoni na kwisokethi.

Izambatho zokulala zabantwana kufuneka zilungelelaniswe kwaye zibhalwe ngokukodwa ngokunganyangeki komlilo. Ukusebenzisa ezinye iimpahla, kubandakanya iimpahla ezinganxibanga, kwandisa umngcipheko wokutsha kakhulu ukuba ezi zinto zibamba umlilo.

SUKUVUMELA abantwana ukuba baphathe okanye badlale ngamafutha. Iindawo ezininzi eUnited States azikuvumeli ukukhanyiswa komlilo kwiindawo zokuhlala. Yiya kwimiboniso yoluntu ukuba usapho lwakho lufuna ukonwabela ukuqhuma umlilo.

Ukuba unyango lweoksijini luyasetyenziswa ekhayeni lakho, fundisa wonke umntu kusapho ngokhuseleko lweoksijini ukuthintela imililo.

• Umlilo ukhuselekile ekhaya

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