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Tiffani Lloyd
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Hey, hey, hey everybody.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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You're listening to Growth and Grace today. How's everybody today?

David Ricketts
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I'm good.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Doing well. Welcome in. We are in the studio with Leah Crawford, Tiffany Lloyd, and we have special guests.

Julian
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Julian, how are you?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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How are you, Julian?

Julian
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Feeling good.

Tiffani Lloyd
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And?

David Ricketts
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David Ricketts.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So apparently we're talking about fire safety today and I'm about to get a whole lesson on what that looks like. I'm a little scared now. You should be. You should be because what you want to find out is, so David has been on with us With on with on with us several times and I like to bring them on this time of year Just to give everybody a checkup

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So you can watch because we got Christmas lights going you got dinners cooking You just got a bunch of stuff going on I try to get them before Thanksgiving, but definitely before Christmas because of all the lights and stuff David welcome back Thank you. Thank you for having me back. I appreciate that. And then also I just want to introduce everyone to my little cousin, Julian Rosado. Hey, Julian. Hey, how are you? The club goes wild.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So, I mean, all right, David, first of all, who are you? Who is David Ricketts? So, David Ricketts,

David Ricketts
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I am the owner and operator of LV Fires LLC, and we're a fire safety and preparedness company. We do fire safety seminars all throughout Las Vegas. We also provide fire safety protection, everything across the board except for sprinklers in the house. So, but we also do home fire safety evaluations.

David Ricketts
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So we walk with you from room to room throughout your home and we'll point out all the different fire safety risks and hazards that we see. And the best thing about it, Tiffany, it's free.

Tiffani Lloyd
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I wouldn't want to see you coming.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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You're looking at my house and you're like, that's a fire hazard?

Tiffani Lloyd
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That's a fire hazard.

Julian
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Fix it.

David Ricketts
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Fix it. But you know what, Tiffany? I've been in houses of firemen all throughout town and I see the same thing in their houses that I'll see in your house if I came to your house. So I tell people, don't feel bad about what I see in the house. You know what?

David Ricketts
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Ten years ago I had someone come to my house that did the same thing before I started with

Tiffani Lloyd
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the company.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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People like free. So how do people contact you?

David Ricketts
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They can go to LVfires.com, phone number is on there which is 702-419-4813. If you go to the website.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Say that, say that, slow down.

David Ricketts
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Okay, okay.

David Ricketts
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My New York is coming up.

David Ricketts
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You're educating right now.

Leaha Crawford
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So LVfires.com.

Tiffani Lloyd
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And what's that number again?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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702-419-4813.

Tiffani Lloyd
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Okay, now we're going to go through that again.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Now, let's start. So you come to my home. What are the different things that you're looking for? What are the different things that you

David Ricketts
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normally see in almost everyone's home? The most common things are electronics. Okay. Most people go to sleep with their cell phones plugged in. Absolutely. iPads plugged in. Yes. Laptops. Of course. Why? All of the above. Because it's convenient. Yes. We're using it throughout the day, just charge it at night. Right. But let me ask you a question. If your cell phone, iPad, or laptop started a fire,

David Ricketts
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would you rather happen when you're asleep or when you're awake?

Julian
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I'll just make sure it's charged before.

David Ricketts
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There you go. Charge it when you're awake. Because I did a fire safety class seven or eight years ago with Verizon, and they taught me something that I did not know. Do not charge those devices when you go to bed.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So does it matter what you're charging it on?

Leaha Crawford
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So a few things.

David Ricketts
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If you do charge it, whether during the day or night, do not charge it on your bed, couch, anything soft. Don't have it on the carpet because it's easier for it to overheat. Okay.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So you want it on a hard surface. Absolutely.

Tiffani Lloyd
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So a little bit further,

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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what about like a surge protector? Does that matter?

David Ricketts
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So it depends on the quality of the surge protector. So I'm glad you brought that up. During this holiday season, or during the holiday season, I see a lot of extension cords

Leaha Crawford
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being used.

David Ricketts
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There's a difference between an extension cord and a surge protector. The brown, white, and green extension cords are for temporary use only.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So they're not supposed to be used all day, every day?

David Ricketts
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Correct. So I see them all the time behind the TVs.

Tiffani Lloyd
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But this how I plug the TV up.

David Ricketts
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All those do.

Leaha Crawford
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Right, okay.

David Ricketts
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But if you read the tag on it, it says it's not for that use.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So what is for that use? There's got to be a goal around.

David Ricketts
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You got to use a surge protector.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So you use the surge protector even for the... That's the strip thing, right? I just want to make sure we know what the surge protector is for young people. And you're talking about quality of it. So how do you know if you've purchased a quality surge protector?

David Ricketts
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Envy Energy, I believe they give them away right now. Because I've been in a lot of houses recently with a lot of seniors, so a lot of times they have free programs where you can contact Envy Energy and you can get one for free.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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But you need more than one.

David Ricketts
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But they're giving, like here's a starter kit. So you want to make sure that they are UL certified or ETL certified.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Okay, UL or ETL certified. And okay. So walk me through, you come to my house.

Tiffani Lloyd
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That's the first thing you saw

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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was the cell phone being charged. Well, he saw that on the bed, right? And you're like, get that off that soft surface.

David Ricketts
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Correct.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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What else are you looking for?

David Ricketts
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In the kitchen, some of the main things we see in the kitchen. Coffee pots that are plugged in after we're done using them. Toasters.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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I see your eyes. Toasters. I always unplug my toaster instantly. Wrap it up and put it in. Air fryer. Always plugged in.

David Ricketts
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Always plugged in. And these are things that you can go to YouTube and just type in air fryer fires. You'll see it nine times out of ten. How about the microwave? Because we need a microwave plugged in. So there's certain things. Obviously the oven, stove, microwave, refrigerator.

Leaha Crawford
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Okay, I'm just saying.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Candles malfunction though?

David Ricketts
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Yeah, refrigerators can still start fires.

Tiffani Lloyd
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Ovens can as well.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Like that little clicking thing that happens sometimes, that scared me. I unplug it. I'm like, what is that? Why is my oven clicking and it's not even on?

David Ricketts
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You have gas, right? Okay, you're talking about when you turn on the burners?

Tiffani Lloyd
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Yeah.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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No, no, no, no when I'm not even using it it happened twice It's not I'm not turning it on and it just starts clicking in my house haunted how

David Ricketts
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How old is your unit my unit is probably about 10 years old

Tiffani Lloyd
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I would call someone to come up come and take a look at it. Okay, absolutely

Tiffani Lloyd
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Yeah, okay

David Ricketts
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So so I'm glad you brought that up because I go in the houses where people say that outlet over there hasn't worked in five Years and they've never had an electrician come out and take a look at it. Or that switch has never worked or it gets warm. Stop using it, call an electrician or somebody from home, whatever.

David Ricketts
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Call someone to come take a look at it because you may have an issue brewing behind the walls.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So you need to make sure, so the idea is like, so if you're not using, cause I'm thinking your light switch should not be warm.

Tiffani Lloyd
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Correct.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Even if you turned it on, it should not be warm.

David Ricketts
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I had this happen in my house two months ago. Okay. I'm in my office upstairs working probably eight o'clock at night. I smell something burning. I think my wife maybe blew out a candle or something. She said no I'm not doing anything. So my training I put my hand on the top part of the switch bottom part left and right up top it was warm. I shut off that ceiling fan that was on went down to the fuse box, shut off the power, unscrewed it, there was a burn mark on the inside of the switch.

David Ricketts
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So imagine if I just left that ceiling fan on and went to the store. That could have started a fire. Potential fire.

Tiffani Lloyd
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Absolutely.

David Ricketts
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Just electrical malfunction. That's it. Something that wouldn't have been my fault directly. So we can all have a fire based on either an accident that you did, it could have been the builder, it could have been just a faulty product. There's so many different reasons why we can all have a fire.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So before we went on air, you said no washer dryer. Can we visit that for a second?

David Ricketts
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Yes. So every year in the United States, we have roughly 16,000 dryer fires. Most people are pretty good about cleaning out the lint trap before or after every use, right? But how many times have you had someone come out and actually

David Ricketts
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take apart the dryer and clean out all the dust on the inside of the drum, or pull the dryer out and clean out the vent. Have you ever had someone come do that? I actually started doing that after you told me I started. I was like, oh my, oh, yeah, a lot of stuff is in there.

David Ricketts
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Right. So that should be done about every one to two years, depending on how often you're doing washing in the house. But one website that you can go to to look up recalls in your house is www.cisncharlie, P as in Papa, S as in Sam, C as in Charlie, dot gov. That's the Consumer Product Safety Commission. They're the ones who put out recalls.

David Ricketts
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So I think it was LG or Samsung that had a recall on their front loading washers and dryers years ago that were starting fires. So think about it. You put a load of clothes in the washing machine and you go to bed. Put something in the dryer, go to bed or leave the house. That could be what starts your fire.

David Ricketts
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So once again, when we go to bed, there's certain things we don't want to do. We're during the holiday season right now. Don't start your crock pot and go to bed or leave the house. Especially if you have pets at home, pets are done. They're not going to survive that fire. So there's a lot of different things that we could do to reduce the chances of us having

David Ricketts
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a fire, but more importantly, we need to know what to do if there's a fire. How many fire extinguishers do we have in the house? Are smoke alarms up to date? What kind of smoke alarms do we have in the house? Do we have a carbon monoxide alarm in the house? Do we have an escape plan?

David Ricketts
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Are there kids, pets involved? Where do the kids hide when they get scared? And I say that because when I had my fire at four years old, I hid in the closet.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Oh, okay.

David Ricketts
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I got scared and hid. My sister, she hid underneath her covers Statistically kids are gonna hide. They're not gonna exit unless you've actually practiced those things with them Okay, I have a question. So a lot of new builds going on under construction now so let's say I'm a new first-time homeowner and Would you?

David Ricketts
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Offer anything for a first time homeowner in terms of just advice or like if If I call the next inspector would would you also have a second opinion? So I'm glad you said that's really good question So I find that a lot of times whether if you're a first-time homeowner Or this is your fifth house

David Ricketts
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Sometimes people aren't in the house when the inspector comes by But the question I always ask when it comes to your inspector did that inspector go into the attic and look around? I see a lot of times they say, no, he didn't. I'm not gonna tell you conversations I've had with the inspectors in terms of what they do if the person's not there when they come by

David Ricketts
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and do the inspection, but you should be in the house when they inspect the home. And most homes, you have a warranty as well, so you fairly wanna go through, check the outlets, make sure everything's good to go before that warranty expires so that this way,

David Ricketts
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if there is an issue with the wiring in the walls or the ceiling or attic, it can get replaced on a warranty. Your warranty is for a year.

Julian
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Yeah.

David Ricketts
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So a lot of new builds now, or all new builds now as of this March, have to have sprinklers. Now, I'm not knocking sprinklers, but let's be realistic. You have that sprinkler head inside of your kitchen.

David Ricketts
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And a sprinkler head bursts just because.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Not just that,

David Ricketts
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but let's say you have a grease fire on your stove

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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and that sprinkler goes off it right enough said and and and it just destroys everything everything

David Ricketts
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Oh, don't get me wrong. I'd rather have that then Possible death I get it. Don't get me wrong, but But in terms of where sprinklers are not located. This is another issue when it comes to code There's no sprinklers inside of your attic. So if your HVAC starts a fire in your attic the sprinklers won't do anything A lot of times there's no sprinklers in the garage as well so

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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there's different areas in the house where sprinklers don't even cover. So basically you need to, this is your checkup, and you need to go through and check your house. Absolutely. Just be aware of what's going on in your home, in your apartment, wherever you live. Yes. So that you can, just little things. Yes. Do not charge your cell phone on the bed or a soft surface. Correct. Charge it on a

David Ricketts
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hard surface. Always. And make sure there's nothing flammable that's around it in case it does. So if you do have any nightstand, make sure it's not right underneath the lamp. There's not a box of tissues right next to it or paper. I go on that when I go into kids bedrooms, nine times out of ten, yeah, school work, paperwork all over the nightstand. That's gonna be fuel for the fire. So how often

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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would you say we should have our HVAC inspected because it gets so hot here once a year once every year okay AC unit as well okay well that's a track so something it's a whole yes it's heating

David Ricketts
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ventilation air conditioning is all one year before a lot of money I have all of it done yeah okay okay so let's talk Christmas everybody has their Christmas lights up right now right how can we be saying how can we be safe so a few things so

David Ricketts
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So in terms of surge protectors, even if you're using that for your Christmas lights, that's

Tiffani Lloyd
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fine.

David Ricketts
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It's temporary. It's temporary. Have your surge protector mounted on the wall. This way you're not going to have as much dust get inside of the open ports, just less risk of deflation.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So basically if you have open ports, it's good to put the things in it to close up the

David Ricketts
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ports. Correct. And some of the surge protectors have sliders on them so you can close the ports if you're not using them, reduce the dust. But with Christmas trees, if you have a real Christmas tree, this is very important, most of the lots

David Ricketts
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that you go and get your Christmas tree from, either they'll do it for you automatically or you may have to request it. Ask them to cut off the bottom of it before they load it on your car or in your truck because on the bottom of it,

David Ricketts
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it's going to be completely sapped over. So in other words, it won't absorb any water inside of that bowl once you get home and it's going to die. They've always cut the bottom so they cut in corners if they don't then. Okay or when you get home just take a drill drill a couple holes in the bottom up so this way it can absorb the water through the sap. Because the tree will dry out.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Exactly. You don't want you don't want the dry tree in the house. Nope not at all. So I have my lights up on my tree and I'm decorated and everything is everything and then I want to

David Ricketts
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leave the house. Unplug the tree. Unplug that tree. This isn't a Christmas story with the light sitting there. It should be. I mean, come on. Unplug the tree. Unplug it. Okay. But also check your lights. Make sure there's no shorts. Every bulb is working. If not, replace those bulbs. We have to take those precautions. If you have decorations on the outside of the house, same thing. Make sure that you're using weather appropriate extension cords, which are usually going to be the orange ones,

David Ricketts
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the orange round cords for outdoor use. You're listening to

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Growth and Grace. Growth and Grace with Leah Crawford. Tiffany Lloyd. And Julian. And we are here with David Rickett,

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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and he is teaching us fire safety. Mainly me because apparently,

David Ricketts
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you've been heard before, sir.

David Ricketts
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Yes.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Well, no, and I think it's important because sometimes you just need that checkup. Because we even talk about when you're cooking, and you know how after you cook, you leave the grease on the stove? I mean, you put the grease and you leave the grease there? Oh, yeah, he got on me bad.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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So, you don't leave, you let it cool off, and then you instantly put it away, you don't leave it on the stove?

Tiffani Lloyd
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Correct.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Okay, okay, so clean up after yourself.

David Ricketts
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Correct.

David Ricketts
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Okay.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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But even, but you know how sometimes you keep the grease.

David Ricketts
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Like bacon grease.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
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Some people put it in a can. And put it in their own can and they leave it on the stove.

David Ricketts
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Yeah.

David Ricketts
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Don't do that. Don't do that. You should never have cooking oil or grease near the stove.

Tiffani Lloyd
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Right.

David Ricketts
0:16:12
Or above it inside of a pantry.

Tiffani Lloyd
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Right.

David Ricketts
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Always keep it away. Put it in the pantry closet.

Tiffani Lloyd
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I guess that's true.

Julian
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Another thing I had was, how do I make sure that my stove is actually off? Because I always panic about that. I don't have gas going off. I will come downstairs, middle of the night, and make sure, like, is this stove actually off?

Julian
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Because there actually should be like a warning sign.

David Ricketts
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That's me. I'm big on checking. So before I leave the house, before I go upstairs and go to bed, I check the burners, make sure everything's unplugged.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:16:42
So we're not all waking up dead.

Julian
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Yeah, me too.

Tiffani Lloyd
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I get it.

David Ricketts
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I'm all for it.

Tiffani Lloyd
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I am always afraid of that.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:16:48
It's more than just turning it off. You just want to make sure that it's off. Correct. You want to make sure that you're not feeling any heat or anything coming from the stove before you go to bed. And if they have the gas, you're going to hear that.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:16:58
So you'll know, but I think I'm paranoid too in regards to that.

Julian
0:17:04
There's somebody should at least invent like a warning sign or at least like a text message to your phone. Like, hey, your gas is on.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:17:11
I mean, they got everything else. Why not?

David Ricketts
0:17:13
Well, I will say this. One of the products that our company does have is called a heat alarm.

Tiffani Lloyd
0:17:19
Okay.

David Ricketts
0:17:20
And what it does, we keep it in your kitchen, it's above your stove, and what it does, it reads the room temperature.

Leaha Crawford
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Okay.

David Ricketts
0:17:26
So you can look on, it has an app on your phone, so you can compare the room temperature in the kitchen versus, and this way you could tell, all right, I think I left the stove

David Ricketts
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on, let me go back.

Julian
0:17:35
That's really cool.

Leaha Crawford
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Yeah.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:17:37
Let's go back to that coffee maker. I could use my surge protector though, right? It's usually plugged in. Yep. Mine is actually plugged into a surge protector. Thanks to my son. He's he's the techie Okay, so but I never even thought about yeah, I've never thought for everything Everything he uses a surge protector for Wow. Yeah, he's mr. Tech. So I feel really good I feel really good about our conversation because if it be if it was me, my whole house would be on fire. But listening to you, my son, shout

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:18:04
out to Matt. Thank you, Matthew. He keeps his mama safe. Wow. Okay. Okay. So what else can you tell us?

David Ricketts
0:18:13
Let me give you another personal example. Two, three weeks ago, me and my wife were watching TV 10 o'clock at night. I actually I just fell asleep. But all of a sudden I woke up I heard a just a sound and all the power in the bedroom was out. I was like, what's going on? So I go downstairs, check the fuse box,

David Ricketts
0:18:30
the fuse flipped. So I turn it back on, go back upstairs, what it was, the TV, the flat screen died out. So think about this. Why do our fuses flip off? It's to prevent a fire.

David Ricketts
0:18:43
So just from that power surge that that TV gave could have started a fire, but the fuse did what it's supposed to do it went out before that.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:18:51
So how often do you have your fuse boxes checked? How often should you have your

David Ricketts
0:18:55
fuse box? I've never had mine checked other than when we first moved in and we've been in the house for 11 years. So if I wanted to get obviously if you're getting certain things done to the house you're doing remodeling wiring you can have all that stuff done or if you're having a charger Tesla charger put in your garage all that stuff should be checked and speaking of Tesla's let's go jump on that let's talk about electric car EVs so I see a lot of

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:19:20
that seeing an increase on EV cars yeah and people charge their car and go all the time and they're going to sleep yeah and that's a no-no do you know how long it takes to charge those cars? I just found out a couple months ago. It takes a little longer than that. I read it one for my kids and they were just going to Reno. It literally took them, depending on the charging station, it took them nine hours to charge that car.

David Ricketts
0:19:48
Really? At a super charge?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:19:50
Yes. And it was crazy. It took double the time for them to get. Now it takes seven hours, one way to get back. So it's 14 hour drive on its own. It took them almost two days because of the charging of that EV. I was like, I thought we were doing something here. No, no, no, no, no, no. And can you imagine like that backup that we had on,

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:15
it wasn't the 15, it was on something, but it was California highway. It was just a couple of months ago.

David Ricketts
0:20:21
With the batteries.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:22
Yeah, with all the batteries dying and people stuck on the freeway and they were stuck there for hours.

Julian
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That's why I think those hybrids are the best. I used to have a BMW iX or XI and the battery would die, but it's also mixed with gas.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:38
Right, yeah, I think hybrid would be the way to go.

Julian
0:20:40
I would always have the battery over my...

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:43
I'm gonna keep my gas vehicle. Oh, here we go.

Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:46
All right, my gas vehicle.

David Ricketts
0:20:47
So when it comes to...

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:48
Fire hazard.

David Ricketts
0:20:49
Anything that's an EV and electric, the experts will tell you hybrids are the most dangerous.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:54
Really?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:20:55
You know what, you guys are just asking.

David Ricketts
0:20:56
I'm just giving the information.

Julian
0:20:57
Hey, guess what?

Julian
0:20:58
I actually got to an accident with that car. I got a really terrible accident with that car. And so the nurses told me, I was in terrible, and so the nurses told me, she said, the BMW is the most safest car to get into an accident with. Okay. Yeah.

Julian
0:21:14
So it was total. The car was total. I think Mercedes would be the safest. No, no, BMWs are more of a tank. She told me she said, she sees a lot of accidents. She said that BMW is the most safest car to get into an accident with. Yeah. Oh no, I was speeding.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:21:31
No, you drive slowly. I drive slow. Do you? I do. I do drive slow. This is all definitely my fault. It was almost. It was on Las Vegas Boulevard too.

Tiffani Lloyd
0:21:40
I don't know.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:21:41
Well I'm glad you're okay. But electric cars though, so nine hours to charge? It was not, it takes nine hours. So how do you...

Leaha Crawford
0:21:47
Was it empty?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:21:48
Yeah, no, no. It wasn't. Oh, no. So this is what I'm wondering. Like, you're saying that it's not safe to charge them overnight.

David Ricketts
0:21:57
It's not recommended to. Not recommended to. Yeah. Once again, if the fire starts, would I rather have it happen when I'm sleeping or awake?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:22:05
All I hear is that we need to be more responsible with our time so that we can strategically

Tiffani Lloyd
0:22:09
stay alive.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:22:10
Well, the other thing too is because when you're charging a phone and you want to be awake, so then I guess, do you charge your phone when you get in the shower? Do you charge your phone while you're getting dressed? Do different things like that instead of charging it while you're asleep? I literally charge it while I'm asleep because I'm listening to binaural beats and I keep it on the charger so that you know, it's playing in the background

Tiffani Lloyd
0:22:31
I

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:22:32
Could die, huh?

David Ricketts
0:22:34
So so me I have I have two cell phone charges at home. I have my car charger So as soon as I get up in the morning take my cell phone in my office plug it up It's charging make breakfast do whatever I'm doing But as soon as I'm getting ready to leave, I take it off the charger, put it in the car charger as well. So for me personally, my cell phone is usually 80% or above

David Ricketts
0:22:55
because it's constantly on the charger while I'm awake. So even if I'm using it making calls, I have it on my charger.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:23:00
My son just said, I keep it charged. He says, that's because you're old. And I was like, no, because I've had times when I didn't do that, when I'm not in the car, like trying to find the right car charger so that it is charging while I'm in the car because I'm using the phone all

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:23:18
All the time and keeping it charged or you know, even with my Bluetooth or my watch Yeah, I have this dock thing that my son's yeah in my car So you just put it on there when you get in the car and it charges it very quickly. It's actually really cool

Julian
0:23:31
But got it. Yeah, so you're so you're saying that the hybrid is the most dangerous That's what the experts my dream car is the new Porsche 911. That's my dream. When they came out with that, I really want that. That's my dream car.

Julian
0:23:47
But it's a hybrid.

Julian
0:23:48
That's nice.

David Ricketts
0:23:49
Yeah. I wanted to get a Tesla myself about a year, actually two years ago. But once I started seeing all the reports about Tesla deaths, and I'm not picking on Tesla and EVs, I changed my mind. There was just a family of four that died. It was earlier this week from a Tesla.

David Ricketts
0:24:07
It just, while they were driving, exploded.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:24:10
Exploded, right?

David Ricketts
0:24:11
So, this happens.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:24:12
Well, I guess I look at it. I mean, well, what is, I mean, I guess just trying to be safe. So guys, in your home, what I would do, first of all, is number one, when you're washing and drying clothes, do it while you're awake. So wash and dry while you're awake. Your appliances, if you don't have a surge protector, unplug your appliances and put your appliances up.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:24:32
Just little things to keep you safe. Instead of charging your phone, don't charge your phone and put it on a soft surface. Always charge on a hard surface. And these are just little tips just to keep you safe. And if you are unsure of whether or not your home is safe, he can be located at, what's your website again?

David Ricketts
0:24:51
LV like Las Vegas fires with an s.com one more time LV fires calm and your number again

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:24:59

David Ricketts
0:25:00
four one nine four eight one three And I think you'd be really good for as a second opinion for all the first-time home buyers

Julian
0:25:09
After the hiring inspector, I think you'd be really, really good to call.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:25:16
Yeah.

David Ricketts
0:25:17
That's a great idea. A lot of first-time homeowners don't know the maintenance that's really involved with calling a home, things that need to be done regularly.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:25:24
Is there a website that they could go to? I mean, because that's huge. When you talk about, we just had the conversation about maintaining a home, and people believe like, oh, I got the home, that's it.

Leaha Crawford
0:25:35
No.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:25:36
Oh, absolutely not.

Leaha Crawford
0:25:37
No, that's where the journey begins.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:25:38
Yes. Because that was the hard part, just getting in.

Leaha Crawford
0:25:40
Right.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:25:41
But now you have to maintain. Now you have to keep it. But with a new home, it's, well, with a new home, the good thing is everything's new. Right. So then you just have to find out how long does the HVAC unit last? What are the things I need to do for that?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:25:52
How long does my washing dryer, my refrigerator, what's my life expectancy on all these things? Because you need to plan to replace them, because you've got to replace them. There's a lot to be said about what needs to go into becoming a first-time home buyer because if you think about it if you've rented your entire life you have no idea you have no idea what it costs or what it takes to maintain a home because you never had to do it before your landlord is always taking care of so made a call

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:26:15
just call somebody you know well you still calling somebody but you had to be aware what you call exactly you guys this has been an amazing talk and we're going into the holiday season. If you all celebrate, have a beautiful holiday. Happy Kwanzaa. Merry Christmas.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:26:32
Happy Kwanzaa.

Tiffani Lloyd
0:26:33
What else we miss?

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:26:34
Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah. There we go. All of the things. Happy Hanukkah.

Leaha Crawford
0:26:39
Everything.

Leaha Crawford/Tiffani Lloyd
0:26:40
Guys, have a blessed and safe holiday season. You've been listening to Leah Crawford and Tiffany Loewen. And we are the hosts of Growth and Grace. And we will see you will talk to you next week And we will see you will talk to you next week Thank you guys. Have a beautiful weekend everyone. Bye. Bye

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