In some areas, fire brigade members visit each house to call for the inhabitants to beware of fire, handing over a talismanic strip of paper (ofuda) to avert fire on the day of Hatsu-uma every year.
また、初午の日に、消防団員が各家庭を回って火の用心を呼びかけ、火の用心のお札を配る習慣がある地方もある。