Winter Fire Safety Heating Your Home Safely Follow these heating tips to help prevent winter fires and to stay safe this winter season: • Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet from all heat sources including fireplaces, wood stoves, radiators, space heaters or candles. • Never use an oven to heat your home. • Turn space heaters off when leaving the room or going to bed. • Maintain heating equipment and chimneys by having them cleaned and inspected annually by a qualified professional. For more information: www.usfa.fema.gov/winter/
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Winter Fire SafetyHeating Your Home Safely
Follow these heating tips to help prevent winter fires and to stay safe this winter season:
• Keepanythingthatcanburnatleast3feetfromallheatsourcesincludingfireplaces,woodstoves,radiators,spaceheatersorcandles.
• Neveruseanoventoheatyourhome.
• Turnspaceheatersoffwhenleavingtheroomorgoingtobed.
• Maintainheatingequipmentandchimneysbyhavingthemcleanedandinspectedannuallybyaqualifiedprofessional.
For more information: www.usfa.fema.gov/winter/
HeatingFireSafetyFollowtheseheatingtipstohelpmaintainafire-safehomethiswinter.
Space Heater• Keepanythingthatcanburn,suchasbedding,clothingandcurtains,atleast3
feetawayfromtheheater.
• Makesuretheheaterhasanautomaticshut-off,soifittipsover,itshutsoff.
• Turnheatersoffwhenyougotobedorleavetheroom.
• Plugportableheatersdirectlyintooutletsandneverintoanextensioncordorpowerstrip.
• Onlyuseportableheatersfromarecognizedtestinglaboratory.
Fireplace• Keepaglassormetalscreeninfrontofthefireplacetopreventembersor
sparksjumpingout.
• Donotburnpaperinyourfireplace.
• Putthefireoutbeforeyougotosleeporleaveyourhome.
• Putashesinametalcontainerwithalid,outside,atleast3feetfromyourhome.
Wood Stove• Makesureyourwoodstoveis3feetfromanythingthatcanburn.
• Donotburnpaperinyourwoodstove.
• Putthefireoutbeforeyougotosleeporleaveyourhome.
• Haveyourchimneyinspectedandcleanedeachyearbyaprofessional.
Furnace• Haveyourfurnace
inspectedeachyear.
• Keepanythingthatcanburnawayfromthefurnace.
Kerosene Heater• Onlyusekeroseneheaters
fromarecognizedtestinglaboratory.
• Makesuretheheaterhasanautomaticshut-off,soifittipsover,itshutsoff.
• Refuelyourcooledheateroutside.Formoreinformationandfreeresources,visit
www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/outreach.
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