Home Fire Inspection Checklist printable pdf download

Home Fire Inspection Checklist

LOUISVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT

HOME FIRE INSPECTION CHECKLIST

Address

Good

Bad

Is the address posted in a minimum of four-inch numbers?

Is the address on a contrasting background?

Is the address visible from the street?

Doors & Windows

Good

Bad

Are exit doors provided with double cylinder key locking devices?

Is the key left on the interior side of the locking device when the person is at home

or asleep?

Are bars and other security devices placed upon windows that are not operable from

the inside?

Are the windows operational where they could be used for emergency egress?

In homes with windows in excess of 44” off the floor, are steps or a window seat

provided so that a small child could get out of the window?

Are escape ladders provided in sleeping rooms on the second floor?

In newer homes with an emergency egress window in the basement, is a ladder

provided in the window well to allow persons to escape to grade level?

Is the door between the garage and the residence portion of the house a 1-5/8” solid

core door?

Is it provided with a closer?

Does the door close and latch?

Are attic covers in place?

Stairways

Good

Bad

Are handrails in place and secure on all stairwells?

Is storage placed under the stairways and if so, is the back of the stairway protected

with sheetrock?

Extinguishers

Good

Bad

Are fire extinguishers provided in the garage?

Are fire extinguishers provided in the kitchen?

Are fire extinguishers provided in the basement?

Are fire extinguishers fully charged?

Are fire extinguishers hung up in an accessible location?

Has the fire extinguisher been taken down off the wall, turned over, and the powder

allowed to flow from bottom to top?

Home Fire Inspection Checklist