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Here are some tips for a fire-safe and happy holiday season:
- Keep matches, lighters, and candles out of the reach of children.
- If children are participating in Hanukkah, Kwanza, or Advent candle-lighting ceremonies in your home, make sure an adult is supervising them.
- Practice your Operation E.D.I.T.H Plan during the holidays. Visiting friends and family members will need to know two ways out if there is a fire emergency in your home.
- Use only decorative lights that have been tested for safety. Look for the UL Label from Underwriters Laboratories on the light cords.
- Check each set of lights for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires, and/or loose connections. If there is any question about the safety of the light set, it should be thrown away.
- Check the labels on the light set for inside or outside use. Never use inside light outside. Be sure to fasten your light sets tightly so they will bot be damaged by the wind. The can cause the wires to fray and break.
- Read the manufacturers instructions carefully. Do not use more than the recommended number of lights on a circuit.
- Always turn off your lights on trees or on paper decorations before going out or going to bed. If there is short circuit, a fire may start.
- Keep children away from decorative lights and electrical decorations.
- Always throw wrapping paper away immediately after opening a package.
- Never burn wrapping paper in the fireplace. The paper can catch fire very quickly and cause a flash fire.
- Never use candles on a tree, near evergreens, near paper decorations or near wrapping paper.
- Always use non-flammable candleholders, Kinara, Advent wreaths and Menorahs.
- Never place candles where they can be knocked down or blown over. Do not forget about them. If candles are in a centerpiece on your holiday table, do not let them melt down into the decorations. That may cause a fire.
- Check your fire extinguisher to be sure that it is full and working properly. Make sure that everyone knows where it is and how to use it.
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