(HealthDay News) -- Smoke detectors aren't the only devices that should be kept throughout the home in the event of a fire.

Fire extinguishers are equally important. The National Safety Council offers these suggestions for where to keep them:

• Keep an extinguisher that can handle both grease and electrical fires in your kitchen.
• Place another extinguisher next to your furnace, and one in your garage.
• Keep additional extinguishers at other places where a fire could start.
• Make sure everyone in the home who is physically able knows how to work an extinguisher.