How You Can Keep Your Family and Home Safe This Winter

Name: How You Can Keep Your Family and Home Safe This Winter
Uploaded: 2015-07-17T10:36:12-05:00
Duration: 1 min 46 s
Channel: WarmlyYours
Description: Protect your home from winter fire hazards. Learn critical space heater safety tips and discover secure, efficient heating solutions for your family.

Avoid dangerous space heater hazards with expert winter heating tips

Are you relying on risky portable space heaters to keep your family warm during freezing winter temperatures?

While portable heaters seem like an easy way to beat the cold, they carry extreme safety risks that can lead to devastating property damage. Did you know that space heaters cause about thirty percent of winter house fires, and eighty percent of those incidents involve fatalities? This critical safety video features expert advice from local firefighters on how to heat your home securely without risking a disaster.

Watch this video to learn essential guidelines for keeping your household safe and warm this season:

🔥 The critical three-foot rule: Why you must keep flammable objects far away from any active heating source.
⚡ The extreme dangers of DIY heating setups, including hardwiring appliances like toaster ovens.
🏠 Why relying on your home's central furnace or built-in radiant heating is the safest way to warm your space.
✅ Essential buying tips to ensure your portable heater is lab-tested and equipped with automatic safety shut-offs.

By understanding these vital safety tips, you can protect your loved ones and avoid thousands of dollars in potential fire damage. WarmlyYours is dedicated to helping you achieve safe, efficient, and luxurious warmth all winter long. Watch the full video now to secure your home against winter fire hazards.

Transcript

Of space heaters, Jordan. Firefighters say December, January, and February are typically busy months for house fire calls. But because the frigid temperatures have come earlier this year, they're already fighting fires caused by space heaters. "He got up to run some errands, and the next thing I knew, I heard him screaming and yelling, 'Call the fire department!' And I'm thinking, 'Fuck!' You wouldn't believe how fast that smoke came out of there."

The Decatur Fire Department says Kay's call is the first this winter season, but they're sure it won't be the last. "We don't recommend you use them at all, but we know people are going to use space heaters. So the big thing is you have to keep three feet away from the space heater and anything that can burn." Over in Effingham, a house was destroyed after fire officials say residents hardwired a toaster oven and a fan to create heat. A dangerous combination.

Statistics show about 30% of house fires in the winter are because of space heaters. And of those fires, 80% involve fatalities. "It's basically because you can have a live flame, and you get stuff too close to them. A furnace does its job; it's designed to heat the room and push the air out through the ductwork."

"And with a space heater, it's going to be radiant heat. So if you get too close and the thing gets too hot, you're going to catch something on fire." Firefighters say the safest way to heat your home is with your furnace. If you have to use a space heater, buy one that's been lab-tested, and don't leave it on when you leave the room. "It was really a good piece of equipment, but these are the kinds of things that can happen."

"They're just accidents. You just don't have any idea what's going to happen." The damage to both properties will cost thousands of dollars to repair. Firefighters say the cost savings of a space heater definitely don't outweigh the potential dangers.