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Follow these
simple guidelines for
Christmas Safety |
- Keep your real Christmas tree away from floor heaters, fire places, or other heat sources.
- Use only UL-listed lights, and no more than 3 strands linked together. Use miniature lights which have cool-burning bulbs.
- Turn off the Christmas lights when you sleep, or if you leave your home.
- Never use candles, even on artificial trees.
- Install a smoke detector or new batteries in the ones you have and test them!
- Use only outdoor lights outside your home.
- Never use indoor extension cords outside.
- Avoid overloading wall outlets and extension cords.
- Keep outdoor electrical connectors above ground and out of puddles and snow.
- Place candles in sturdy containers. Remember, hot wax burns kids.
- Extinguish candles prior to going to bed.
- Dispose of fireplace ashes into a metal container until cold.
- After parties, check around and under sofa and chair cushions for smoldering cigarettes.
- Install at least one carbon monoxide detector in your home.
- Have an operable fire extinguisher readily available.
- Don't let strangers in your home. Carolers can sing outside the door and you can always give them cookies on the front step when they are done singing.
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