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Dryer Vents, A Major Concern With Fire Safety
Our team at ABCO felt it was warranted that we provide some additional information about fire safety and the care and cleaning of your dryer vents. We heard back from many individuals about this concern, and would like to further highlight one of our visitors. Jim Buie, from Dryer Vent Wizard in North Carolina reached out to ABCO to comment on our dryer vent tips blog posting. Jim is a retired firefighter, trying to reduce the number of homes and deaths caused by dryer fires. There are significant reports of deaths due to dryer fires. This is completely unnecessary, and we endorse and applaud these franchises for providing such an invaluable service, and education to our consumers. Jim provided us …
Dryer Vent Safety
Watch this video on how to protect your home from dryer vent related fires.
Stay Warm and Safe!
The use of alternative heating sources such as space heaters has become quite popular due to the high costs of natural gas and all the efforts to save energy. However, these supplemental heating devices carry a great risk of causing fire if they are not used properly or are left unattended. If you need some extra heat in your home, safety must be a top priority. The following precautions should be taken… – Only use a heater that has been tested and labeled by a nationally recognized testing company such as the Underwriters Laboratories (UL). – Place the heater in a level location where it can’t get knocked over. – Keep the space heater accessible and do not store anything …
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution? Resolve to be Safer
What’s your New Year’s Resolution? This year, try doing something that will increase the protection of you and those around you: increasing fire safety knowledge and action. Try these 7 tips in order to better ensure your safety against fires. 1. Review your plan of action in case of a fire at your home, place of work, etc. Make sure that everyone knows which exit path to use given the room that they are in, and other details such as where to meet out side the building. Make sure that it is a safe distance away from the building in case of an explosion. 2. Make sure that all smoke detectors and fire alarms are in proper working condition. 3. …
Enjoy the Fire, Keep Your Home and Hearth Safe
While they often conjure up images of warmth and comfort, fireplaces (with chimneys, which also support wood stoves) also represent a significant source (37%) of home heating fires. Creosote – a sticky, oily, combustible substance created when wood does not burn completely – rises into the chimney as a liquid and deposits on the chimney walls, and plays a role in more than one-fifth (22%) of all home heating fires each year. The nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) are teaming up to reduce the risk of these and other home heating fires this December, January and February, when half of all U.S. home heating fires occur. As part of their joint fire safety …
