Home Accident Statistics: Is Your Home as Safe as You Think?
Home Fire Safety
Warning about NON WORKING Ion Smoke Alarms
Warning about Universal Alarms
Urgent: Nov 2017: Kidde Fire Extinguisher Recall
Fire Escape Plans
Fire Escape Plans Page 2
Planned Outside Meeting Place:
Compare Ionization and Photoelectric Smoke Detectors
Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Fire Extinguishers
Cooking Fire Blankets (Walmart, Home Depot)
Electronic Cigarette Fires and Explosions in the US 2009 - 2016
Fire Safety Issues in Mobile Homes
Thanksgiving Cooking Safety – Turkey fryer dangers
Winter Fire Warning
Understanding the basics of fire safety
Mobile Homes: Small Houses, Big Challenges
What Fire Fighters Have To Know And Do
Government home fire reports
Ask your local fire department to inspect and install free smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors
NC Fire Department Grants for Community Smoke Alarm Installation
Slip and Fall Prevention
DO NOT USE Bleach or Ammonia to clean flooring
Eliminate Walkway Hazards; Inside and Out
Slopes, Ramps & Rails
Home Safety/Proper Lighting
Stair Safety
Legal steps in the event of a fall
Local (WNC) Fall Prevention Group: classes, therapy and medical resources
Child Safety
Accidents happen in split seconds. You need to know what to do to reduce the chance of injury and before you will need the information when an accident happens.
Window Shade Safety
Electrocution Hazards
Chemical Poisonings
Hazards from “Fire Proof” clothing treatments
Home Fire Safety for Parents of Newborns
Child Safety Near Water
Parked Hot Cars Can Be Deadly
Parenting Tips
Elementary Safety For Children
Site designed to teach young children about safety
Senior Safety
“tai chi” fall prevention exercises 12 week program at local YMCA
Age related care resources
General Home Safety Tips
Emergency Call Buttons:
Direct 911 Call Buttons
Monitored Emergency Service Buttons
Seniors are targets for fraud. ASK SOMEONE TO HELP.
Video 1 Video 2 Senior Fraud Videos Collection
Handicap Issues
If you find any public services where you encounter obstructions due to your handicap, you are the one with the power to make it right. The ADA Complaint Form requires an explanation of how any obstruction affects you due to your handicap. That means those who do not have a handicap cannot file the form. You may also be compensated for your inconvenience if your rights are violated. It is up to you to make it happen.
Complaint Form
ADA Regulations
Parking Lot Regulations
Service Animals cannot be barred from any public place
Internet websites must accommodate physical challenges
Smoke Alarms for hearing impaired
Hearing Impaired: Dial 911 for TTY Service
Direct ADA Assistance, Questions and Answers
800-514-0301 (voice); 800-514-0383 (TTY) ADA Links and Resources
ADA Enforcement Settlements
North Carolina Law / Guidelines Fair Housing for Tenants With Disabilities
What Does The International Wheelchair Handicap Symbol Actually Mean? (Video)
General Mobile Home Safety and Repair Issues
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
CDC Guide: Safety and Health in Manufactured Structures
(Mobile Home) Consumer Concerns for Older Americans
What You Should Know about Formaldehyde in Mobile Homes
Excerpt from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610312001913
Materials having formaldehyde, such as urea–formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) can release it in the form of gas or vapor. Pressed-wood products are the major source of formaldehyde indoor pollution. Cigarette smoke, gas stoves, wood-burning stoves, and kerosene heaters can also release formaldehyde. It is highly toxic to both plants and animals, and is particularly dangerous for the human eyes (Swenberg et al., 1980). When present in the air at levels exceeding 0.1 ppm, it causes severe irritation in the eyes, nose, and throat and usually results in watery eyes with burning sensations, coughing, wheezing, nausea, and skin irritation (Sakai et al., 2002). There is some evidence that formaldehyde become carcinogen when inhaled (Leonard, 1999). Epidemiological investigations of the fatality of factory workers following prolonged occupational exposure to formaldehyde showed a slight excess of lung cancer (Acheson et al., 1984a, b). Safe exposure limit to formaldehyde for 30 min is 100 μg m−3 (0.08 ppm) (Sawada, 2006).
Mobile Home Park Sewage Spills
Woodstoves and Mobile Home Safety
Abandoned Mobile Homes are Safety Hazards
Failure to destroy or remove rather than abandon mobile homes
could be very costly.
NC Law: County Authority to remove abandoned mobile homes See Page 92 § 130A-309.112.
Junk Mobile Home Demolition Services
Junk Doctors
JC Construction and Tree Service
Nep Contracting
North Carolina Law: Mobile Home Demolition and Asbestos Hazards
Regional Mobile Home Movers
No longer need or want your used mobile home?
Use OPM (Other People's Money) to relieve home disposal costs:
(Clear title/no mortgage balance)
Donate Your Mobile Home to Kars4kids
We only accept those in good condition that can be resold in place without moving them.
Donate Your Mobile Home to Real Estate With Causes
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Mobile Home Parts/Recycle Yard
A & A Mobile Home Service & Supls
17529 Great Smoky Mountain Expressway
Waynesville, NC 28786
(828) 456-8353
New Mobile Home Parts and Supplies
Mc Dowell Mobile Home Supplies
1864 US 70 W
Marion, NC 28752
(828) 724-1913 or (828) 442-1575
Mobile Home Repair Services
Madison County Low Income Repair Services
Low Income Repair Funding Assistance (Section 504 Loans)
(Program not available within Asheville City Limits)
