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Get Ahead of The Winter Freeze: 10 Tips

This document provides 10 tips for preparing for winter and the heating season. The tips include having furnaces and chimneys inspected and cleaned annually, using dry firewood, ensuring portable space heaters are placed safely, and testing smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to ensure they are working properly. Following the tips can help people get ahead of winter and stay safe as temperatures drop.

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Get Ahead of The Winter Freeze: 10 Tips

This document provides 10 tips for preparing for winter and the heating season. The tips include having furnaces and chimneys inspected and cleaned annually, using dry firewood, ensuring portable space heaters are placed safely, and testing smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to ensure they are working properly. Following the tips can help people get ahead of winter and stay safe as temperatures drop.

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10 Tips

Get Ahead of the Winter Freeze


Check these 10 tips off your list and get ahead of the winter freeze.

Its not too early to begin preparing for the heating season.

r Our furnace has been inspected and serviced by a qualified professional during the last
12 months. (A furnace should be serviced at least once a year.)

r Our chimneys and vents have been cleaned and inspected by a qualified professional.
I have checked for creosote build-up. (Not cleaning your chimney is the leading cause of chimney fires from built up creosote. This service needs to be done at least once a year.) Our wood for our fireplace or wood stove is dry, seasoned wood. Our fireplace screen is metal or heat-tempered glass, in good condition and secure in its position in front of the fireplace. We have a covered metal container ready to use to dispose cooled ashes. (The ash container should be kept at least 10 feet from the home and any nearby buildings.) Our children know to stay at least 3 feet away from the fireplace, wood/pellet stove, oil stove or other space heaters. Our portable space heaters have an automatic shut-off. Our portable space heaters will be plugged directly into an outlet (not an extension cord) and placed at least three feet from anything that can burn; like bedding, paper, walls, and even people. (Place notes throughout your home to remind you to turn-off portable heaters when you leave a room or go to bed.) We have tested our smoke alarms and made sure they are working. (You need a smoke alarm on every level of the home, inside each bedroom and outside each sleeping area. For the best protection, the smoke alarms should be interconnected so when one sounds, they all sound.) We have tested our carbon monoxide alarms and made sure they are working. (Carbon monoxide alarms should be located outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home.) Your Source for SAFETY Information

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NFPA Public Education Division 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169

www.nfpa.org/education

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