Attention all cottage owners: This Victoria Day weekend, while you restock the cottage shelves and open the windows to the coming summer, firefighters across cottage country urge you to do a fire safety check up as well.

Remember these four tips:
1. Change all smoke alarm batteries and install one alarm on each level and outside sleeping areas.
2. If your alarms are more than 10 years old, replace them.
3. If your cottage has a fireplace, or gas or propane appliances, install at least one carbon monoxide alarm.
4. Choose fire extinguishers for kitchen areas and garages, and, conform to watercraft regulations.

Enjoy a fire-safe summer in 2008.