'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS STORMS, ONE OF THE MOST CONCERNING ELEMENTS AFTER ANY MAJOR SYSTEM ROLLS THROUGH IS THE CASUALTIES THAT COULD HAPPEN. I KNOW AFTER HURRICANE LAURA AND HURRICANE IDA, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BECAUSE HE DID NOT USE THEIR GENERATOR SAFELY. SO JOINING US LIVE ON THE PHONE, STATE FIRE MARSHAL BRYAN ADAMS AND MR. ADAMS, YOU JUST WRAPPED UP A BIG MEETING WITH FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE REGION. YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAD OUT TO KENNER TO KIND OF SURVEY SOME OF THE DAMAGE. TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU, AS A GROUP, COLLECTIVELY, ARE DOING AND WHAT YOU TALKEDED ABOUT DOING WITH THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. SURE. SO THANKS FOR HAVING US ON RANDI. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. SO WE JUST WRAPPED UP A LUNCH WITH THE FIRE CHIEFS AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE SOUTHEAST REGION OF LOUISIANA. SAINT TAMMANY JEFFERSON, NEW ORLEANS, THE WHOLE RING AROUND THAT AREA. AND THE ONE SOLID MESSAGE IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO FOLKS ABOUT THIS GENERATOR SAFETY PROGRAM. IT'S SO, SO IMPORTANT. SO THE STATS TELL US THAT WE LOSE MORE PEOPLE AFTER THE STORM IN ACCIDENTS WITH GENERATOR SAFETY AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE DO DURING THE STORM. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REALLY DRIVE THAT MESSAGE HOME. NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE USING GENERATORS AND OUT ABOUT WORKING. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SAY, STAY SAFE, STAY SAFE, AND AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROTECT THEMSELVES. NOW, WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUNCTUATING THE POINT. YOU DO NOT WANT TO PUT THOSE GENERATORS INSIDE ANY STRUCTURE. THEY NEED TO BE 20FT AWAY. BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IN TERMS OF THIS USAGE? SO LIKE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT CLOSE TO ANY OPENINGS IN THE HOUSE, NOT JUST 20FT AWAY. YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FAR ENOUGH IN YOUR BACKYARD THAT THE EXHAUST IS NOT POINTED IN ANY DIRECTION TOWARDS THE HOUSE. WITH THE SHIFTING WINDS, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. IF IT'S CLOSE TO ONE OF THOSE OPENINGS. AND YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T REFUEL THAT GENERATOR HOT, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SHUT IT DOWN FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO MAKE SURE IT COOLS OFF, FILL IT BACK UP, AND THEN LET IT LET IT SET FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES OR SO. AND THEN START IT BACK UP AND GENERATE YOUR HOME. AND WHEN IT COMES TO, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WHO'VE ACTUALLY USED ELECTRICIANS TO KIND OF HELP THEM OUT IN TERMS OF USING THEIR GENERATORS. AND I ALSO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER USED THEM, AND THEY'RE PULLING THEM OUT FOR THIS STORM. SO TALK ABOUT USING THAT GENERATOR AND WHAT YOU CAN PLUG INTO IT, BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T BE PLUGGING IT LIKE ANY DIRECT OUTLETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, CORRECT? NO, NO. YOU WANT TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL WHAT YOU PLUG INTO THE PORTABLE GENERATORS. OBVIOUSLY THE HOME GENERATORS ARE MADE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, LIGHT UP YOUR WHOLE HOUSE AND GIVE YOU FULL POWER TO YOUR WHOLE HOUSE. BUT THE PORTABLE ONES ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR LOW, LOW VOLTAGE THINGS LIKE YOUR REFRIGERATOR, IF YOU NEED YOUR REFRIGERATOR TO WORK AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A MICROWAVE, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT A STOVE OR LIKE WASHER AND DRYERS AND, YOU KNOW, HEAVY, HEAVY APPLIANCES THAT WOULD DRAW DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND CARS AND CAUSE YOU AN ISSUE IN YOUR HOME. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU AND YOUR OFFICE FOR A MOMENT. YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAD OUT TO KENNER IN JUSTST THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO DO SOME SURVEYING. WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY? WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU AND YOUR AGENTS LOOKING FOR? WELL, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON JUST VISITING WITH OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM US. WE'RE GOING TO DO I'M GOING TO DO JEFFERSON PARISH TODAY, AND I'M GONNA HEAD OUT TO TERREBONNE THIBODAUX THAT AREA TOMORROW AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE SERVICE KNOWS THAT THE LOUISIANA STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND THIS ADMINISTRATION ARE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR AGENCIES. AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM. PERFECT. MR. ADAMS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND IT'S ALSO ANOTHER GREAT REMINDER FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU CAN RUN TO ANY KIND OF HARDWARE STORE. GET THOSE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS. SOMETIMES THEY EVEN WORK IN TANGENT WITH YOUR FIRE DETECTORS AS WELL. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE WORKING AND PROPER BATTERIES IN BOTH. SO THAT WAY LET'S SAY THAT THE WIND DOES SHIFT, AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE FUMES DID MAKE THEIR WAY INTO YOUR HOME. THOSE