Tis The Season For Fires & Injuries

Tis The Season For 2 INJURIES AND FIRES AT CHRISTMAS A HELPFUL GUIDE FOR ALL TO SEE IN ORDER TO PREVENT INJURIES AND FIRE DAMAGE DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON Christmas Tree Fires $17.3 $17.3 million in direct property damage annually was reported annually MILLION Fire departments responded to an average of 230 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year 230 4/21 These fires caused an average of 4 deaths and 21 injuries ON AVERAGE ONE OF EVERY 66 REPORTED FIRES THAT BEGAN WITH A CHRISIMAS TREE RESULTED IN DEATH. 1/2 1/3 1/5 1/2 OF HOME CHRISTMAS TREE FIRES ONE OF EVERY THREE HOME A HEAT SOURCE TO0 CLOSE TO THE OCCURRED BETWEEN DECEMBER 22 CHRISTMAS TREE FIRES ARE CAUSED CHRISTMAS TREE STARTED ONE OF THROUGH JANUARY 5 BY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS EVERY FIVE FIRES THE FIRE PREVENTION GROUP RECOMMENDS KEEPING TREES TURNING OFF TREE LIGHTS REPLACING LIGHTS THAT HAVE GETTING RID OF TREES WHEN WELL-WATERED BEFORE LEAVING HOME OR WORN CORDS OR LOOSE BULB THEY ARE DRY GOING TO BED CONNECTIONS Christmas Fireplaces 3 DEATHS * 27 INJURIES * 116.7 MILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM HOME STRUCTURE FIRES INVOLVING FIREPLACES AND CHIMNEYS IN 2009 DECEMBER 25TH 2011 A fire in a Connecticut home attributed to embers placed in a bucket within the house took the lives of 3 CHILDREN AND THEIR 2 GRANDPARENTS when the entire house became engulfed in flames. MAKE SURE YOUR FIREPLACE IS DOUBLE-CHECK ALL OF YOUR SMOKE USE EITHER DRY KINDLING OR CLEAN AND PROPERLY INSPECTED. ALARMS AND CARBON MONOXIDE NEWSPAPERS TO START A FIRE. ANY DEBRIS BLOCKING THE CHIMNEY DETECTORS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVOID USING A CHARCOAL STARTER, MUST BE CLEARED EACH YEAR. IN WORKING ORDER. KEROSENE OR GASOLINE. AVOID THROWING WRAPPING BURN ONLY DRY AND PLACE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE PAPER AND TOY PACKAGING INTO WELL-SEASONED WOOD. BURNING FAR AWAY ENOUGH THAT IT CAN THE FIRE WHICH CONTAIN CHEMICAL DAMP, GREEN WOOD CREATES FALL OVER WITHOUT GOING DYES AND PLASTICS. CREOSOTE. INTO A FIRE. PLACE A SCREEN AROUND THE TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO KEEP THE FIREPLACE CLOSED FIREPLACE. THE SCREEN CATCHES STAY AWAY FROM ANY FIRE AND WHEN NOT IN USE. A FIREPLACE SPARKS AND KEEPS CHILDREN AND NOT TO TOUCH THE FIREPLACE DOOR ALSO HELPS YOU KEEP YOUR PETS AWAY FROM FLAMES. SCREEN. HEATING BILLS LOWS. 3 Christmas Lights 160. $9 MILLION HOME STRUCTURE FIRES HOLIDAY OR OTHER IN DIRECT PROPERTY DAMAGE DECORATIVE LIGHTS ARE RESULTING IN AND INVOLVED IN AN AVERAGE OF 9. •12,500 (PER YEAR) CIVILIAN DEATHS CIVILIVAN INJURIES LEADING ITEMS FIRST IGNITED IN HOLIDAY LIGHT HOME STRUCTURE FIRES CHRISTMAS TREE 17% WIRE OR CABLE INSULATION 13% DECORATION 9% EXTERIOR WALL COVERING 7% STRUCTURAL MEMBER OR FRAMING 5% 5% CURTAIN OR DRAPE LIGHT VEGETATION INCLUDING GRASS CHECK TO SEE IF LIGHTS ARE FOR REPLACE ANY STRING OF LIGHTS CONNECT NO MORE THAN THREE INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USE. NOT ALL WITH WORN OR BROKEN CORDS OR STRANDS AND A MAXIMUM OF 50 ARE MADE FOR BOTH. LOOSE BULB CONNECTIONS BULBS FOR SCREW-IN BULBS After Christmas GET RID OF THE TREE WHEN IT BEGINS BRING OUTDOOR ELECTRICAL LIGHTS DROPPING NEEDLES. DRIED-OUT TREES ARE INSIDE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS TO PREVENT A FIRE DANGER AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN HAZARDS AND MAKE THEM LAST LONGER, THE HOME OR GARAGE, OR PLACED OUTSIDE REPLACE BURNT BULBS AND THROW AWAY AGAINST THE HOME STRANDS WITH DAMAGED WIRES 2]