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Winter Heating Safety Tips

This document provides safety tips for heating equipment in the home. It notes that heating equipment is a leading cause of home fire deaths during winter months. Some key safety tips include keeping anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equipment, having a three-foot "kid-free zone" around open fires, installing equipment like wood stoves according to code and having them professionally maintained annually, and remembering to turn off portable heaters when leaving rooms. Proper fuel and equipment use along with smoke detector testing can help prevent heating-related fires.

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Winter Heating Safety Tips

This document provides safety tips for heating equipment in the home. It notes that heating equipment is a leading cause of home fire deaths during winter months. Some key safety tips include keeping anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equipment, having a three-foot "kid-free zone" around open fires, installing equipment like wood stoves according to code and having them professionally maintained annually, and remembering to turn off portable heaters when leaving rooms. Proper fuel and equipment use along with smoke detector testing can help prevent heating-related fires.

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Heating

Safety
There is something about the winter months and curling up with a good
book by the fireplace. But did you know that heating equipment is one of
the leading causes of home fire deaths? With a few simple safety tips and
precautions you can prevent most heating fires from happening.
be warm and safe this winter!
• Keep anything that can burn at
least three-feet (one metre)
away from heating equipment,
like the furnace, fireplace, wood Install wood burning stoves
stove, or portable space heater. following manufacturer’s
instructions or have a
• Have a three-foot (one metre) “kid-free zone” professional do the installation.
around open fires and space heaters. All fuel-burning equipment
should be vented to the outside
• Never use your oven to heat your home. to avoid carbon monoxide
(CO) poisoning.
• Have a qualified professional install stationary
space heating equipment, water heaters or central Install and maintain CO
alarms to avoid the risk
heating equipment according to the local codes of CO poisoning. If
and manufacturer’s instructions. you smell gas in
your gas heater,
• Have heating equipment and chimneys cleaned and do not light the
inspected every year by a qualified professional. appliance. Leave the
• Remember to turn portable heaters off when home immediately
and call your local fire
leaving the room or going to bed. department or gas company.
• Always use the right kind of fuel, specified by the
manufacturer, for fuel burning space heaters. FACT
• Make sure the fireplace has a sturdy screen to stop Half of home heating fires are
sparks from flying into the room. Ashes should be reported during the months
cool before putting them in a metal container. Keep of December, January,
the container a safe distance away from your home. and February.
• Test smoke alarms at least once a month.

NATIONAL FIRE
PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
The leading information and knowledge resource
on fire, electrical and related hazards

nfpa.org/education ©NFPA 2017

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