With National Fire Prevention Week soon upon us, now's a good time to think about what you can do to help keep the risk of a fire occurring at your home or workplace to a minimal level.

Make sure there's more than one way out of your structure and have a meeting place so everyone will know where to go in case of an emergency.

At work, make sure there are properly lighted signs and fire extinguishers.

These tips appear to be pretty much common sense.

However, taking the time to incorporate a few safety tips like these could help prevent a tragedy that no one wants to ever have to go through.