Heating Your Home Safely

10/7/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO of North Huntington is here to help if your home experiences a fire damage.

Most home heating fires occur on winter evenings. Space heaters cause two of every five fires and another one third are caused by fireplaces or chimneys.

How to Heat Your Home Safely:

• If you use a space heater, keep it at least three feet away from anything flammable including: bedding, mattresses, clothing, and upholstered furniture - that's the biggest factor in fire heating deaths. 
• Make sure children stay away from space heaters and fireplaces.
• Turn portable heaters off when you leave the room or go to sleep. Don't keep them on all night.
• Always use a screen in front of your fireplace and have your chimney professionally cleaned annually. Douse any fire or coals before you go to sleep or if you leave the house. 
• Never heat your home with your oven.