Home Heating Fire Safety

9/25/2020 (Permalink)

Space Heater Safety

Heating your home is the second leading cause of home fires.

 If heating your home with a wood burning stove or fireplace, you should have your chimney and vents professionally cleaned every year.

 Place cooled ashes in a tightly covered metal container. Keep the container outside and away from any structures. It should be at least 10 feet away from your home and any other buildings.

 Make sure to keep anything that could burn at least 3 feet from whatever heat source you use to heat your home (wood stove, fireplace, space heaters or radiators).

 You should only plug in one heat producing appliance (electric fireplace or space heater into an electrical outlet at a time. Make sure they have an automatic shutoff.

 Never use a stove or oven to heat your home and be sure to turn off your space heater when leaving the room or going to bed.