Fire Department

Safety Tips

The fire department would like to wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season! During this busy season please remember to turn off tree lights, decorations, and portable space heaters when away or asleep. Did you know that fire departments nationwide respond to more than 50,000 fires involving heating equipment and more than 700 caused by decorations each year? Be sure to unplug all of your lights, decorations, and portable space heaters when not in the same room. Don’t overload circuits, extension cords, or electrical sockets. Overloading circuits, extension cords, or electrical sockets could cause a fire. Use no more than three standard-size sets of lights per single extension cord.               

–Fire Department

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