Fauquier County Fire Rescue System

30 John Marshall Street                                                                                                                  Warrenton, Virginia 20186                                                                                                      

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Training - 540-422-8820 

 
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SAFETY TIP: Heating Fire Safety

Did you know? 

  • Space heaters were the type of heating equipment responsible for the largest shares of losses in home heating equipment fires, accounting for one-third of the fires, but nearly nine out of ten deaths and four out of five of the injuries in home fires caused by heating equipment. 
  • Fires originating in a kitchen or cooking area accounted for the largest share of home heating fires (17%). 
  • While the larger (non-confined) fires involving fireplaces or chimneys were involved in fewer than one in ten fires caused by heating equipment (7%), they caused just over one-fifth of the direct property damage (22%).
  • Nearly half of the heating equipment fires (46%) occurred in the three-month period from December through February.

Here are some heating fire safety tips for you this winter season!



Visit the links below to learn what you need to make a first-aid kit.

You should consider making one for your home and one for your car.      

https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2010/09/what-you-need-and-what-you-don-t-in-a-family-first-aid-kit/index.htm

https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-kits/basics/ART-20056673?p=1

 

 

JUST FOR KIDS!

Click on the link above to learn about fire safety with Sparky.

  

The 7 Ways to Prepare for a Home Fire

  1. Install the right number of smoke alarms. Test them once a month and replace the batteries at least once a year.

  2. Teach children what smoke alarms sound like and what to do when they hear one.

  3. Ensure that all household members know two ways to escape from every room of your home and know the family meeting spot outside of your home.

  4. Establish a family emergency communications plan and ensure that all household members know who to contact if they cannot find one another.

  5. Practice escaping from your home at least twice a year. Press the smoke alarm test button or yell “Fire“ to alert everyone that they must get out.

  6. Make sure everyone knows how to call 9-1-1.

  7. Teach household members to STOP, DROP and ROLL if their clothes should catch on fire.

 

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