By Mike DeMars, Public Information Officer Central Fire Protection District
Central Fire Protection would like to remind everyone to be fire safe during this holiday season. Some holiday fire safety tips include:
- Make sure that you have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in your home
- Keep candles away from flammable materials
- Extinguish candles when you go to sleep or leave the house
- Check all holiday lights for damage before hanging them
- Do not overload electric circuits
- Turn off lights and decorations before leaving the house
- Have your fireplace cleaned once a year and burn only clean dry wood
- Provide ashtrays for holiday guests that smoke
- Include overnight holiday guests in your home emergency plan
- Keep Christmas trees in water and away from heat sources
- Do not leave holiday meals cooking unattended
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Find more safety tips at www.centralfpd.com or contact your local fire department
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