Before you leave home in the morning, you run through a mental checklist: Keys? Check! Lights? Check! Blinds? Check!

There may be something you are missing that could be important to your family's safety. According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International, most Americans have never thought about running through a checklist that could save them from electrocution or electrical fire: an electrical safety checklist.

May is National Electrical Safety Month. As its sponsor, the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) has created a free, downloadable checklist covering electrical issues that may arise inside your home.

Covering every room from the kitchen to the basement, the checklist guides you through your home's electrical systems via a series of questions and suggested action items. Do your lights flicker when you turn on the vacuum cleaner? Engage a licensed electrician to determine if your home has enough electrical circuits. Are you protected from electrocution that can result from electricity interacting with water? Conduct a monthly test of the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) outlets in the kitchen and bathroom.

To download this handy pdf checklist, go to www.esfi.org/home/indoor.pdf .