Winter time fire prevention

1/4/2021 (Permalink)

We all know how everything is so dry in the winter time right? Because of that everything can start on fire so much easier and will burn so much faster. The number one cause of fires in the winter time in your heat source. Here are some tips and tricks for safely heating your home in the winter.

• From 2013-2015, an average of 45,900 home heating fires occurred in the United States each year.
• Heating was the second leading cause of home fires after cooking.
• Home heating fires peaked in the early evening hours between 5 and 9 p.m. with the highest peak between 6 and 8 p.m.
• Home heating fires peaked in January (21 percent) and declined to the lowest point from June to August.
• Confined fires accounted for 75 percent of home heating fires.
• Twenty-nine percent of the non-confined home heating fires happened because the heat source (like a space heater or fireplace) was too close to things that can burn.