Fireplace & Wood Stove Safety

12/11/2020 (Permalink)

From all of us at SERVPRO of Evanston, be safe, and Happy Holidays!

Follow these heating safety tips to help keep your home fire safe this winter.

• Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet from your fireplace or wood stove.
• Do not burn paper in your fireplace or wood stove.
• Put the fire out before you go to sleep or leave your home.
• Have your chimney inspected and cleaned each year by a professional.
• Put ashes in a metal container with a lid. Place the container outside at least 10 feet from your home.

Fireplace safety

• Keep a glass or metal screen in front of your fi replace to prevent embers or sparks from jumping out.
• Make sure fireplace “on” switches and remote controls are out of the reach of children.

Wood stove safety

• Make sure your wood stove has been tested by a qualified testing laboratory.
• Keep the doors of your wood stove closed unless loading or stoking the live fire.

From all of us at SERVPRO of Evanston, be safe, and

Happy Holidays!