How to enjoy a safe and joyous Diwali? A few tips to remember
Posted on: 14/Oct/2017 6:25:25 PM
Every year, we keep getting these advices about safety measures during Diwali. These are nothing new! You however got to check them out and prepare your mind for the safest enjoyment, and make necessary arrangements ahead.
Check out the safe measures and tips to celebrate this Diwali below
The Do`s
- Choose an open space for bursting fire crackers. Make sure that the place doesn’t have any combustible or inflammatory things in and around it. Remove them, if any
- Get fireworks only from reliable and trusted and licensed sellers
- Make sure not to have children in and around the bursting area
- To light the crackers, make use of sparkler or Agarbathi so that you will be at a distance and don’t get exposed to flame
- Before firing, read on the label for safety instructions
- In case of rockets and other aerial fireworks, make sure not to direct them along any open window area or open building that may cause fire accidents
- While lighting fireworks, keep the firework stocks away at a distance
- Make sure to wear footwear while bursting crackers
- Have a bucket full of water close to your fire cracking area such that it is accessible and handy
- Always be prepared for all kinds of emergencies
- Have first aid and water bucket handy. In case of fire, pour water from the buckets immediately. Make a note that all the major fire outbursts start with a little flame only. So simply pouring water can save huge damage
- Allow just one person to fire one cracker at a time rather than cracking too many simultaneously
- When there is fire outburst, pour large amount of water on the affected area
- When there is any fire outburst, warp the victim with a clean bedsheet
- Without delay and without any panic, take the affected person to the hospital
- If eye gets burnt, wash with running water for about ten minutes and then take the victim to a doctor
Don’ts during Diwali
- Never use nylon clothes. Wear only cotton clothes while bursting crackers
- Never use matches or lighters to burst crackers. They can give rise to open flame and hence may be dangerous
- In case you have any obstruction overhead such as trees or wires or others, refrain from igniting aerial fireworks like rocket
- Make sure not to place Agarbathi or sparkler close to the firework stocks
- Do not try to make your own crackers or do experiments as you wish
- Do not burst crackers on roads and be a nuisance to the public
- Do not even think of bursting crackers with hands. Keep it down and then ignite
- While bursting crackers, never keep your face too close
- Even for fun, do not burst crackers close to people
- Do not allow small children to burst crackers
- In indoor areas like rooms or from within a car, never burst any kind of cracker including sparklers
