Is the chill of winter creeping in and around your house? The best defense is making sure your home’s heating system is maintained properly
Follow these tips for extra efficiency and warmth
Other safety suggestions
Furnace Maintenance Checklist
US Fire Administration- Safety Tips for The Home Avoiding a Furnace Fiasco
Let’s Have Fun with Fire Safety- kids booklet
Source: Winter Residential Building Fires (PDF, 1.0 Mb)
Sesame Workshop, along with its project partners has created Let’s Get Ready! Planning Together for Emergencies with tips, activities, and other easy tools to help the whole family prepare for emergencies – together!
In the event of a sudden emergency such as a hurricane, you may have just minutes to gather your family and important papers, and get out of your house, possibly for good. Are you prepared? Where would you go? What would you take with you?
If you only had 10 minutes to evacuate your home, would you be ready? What would you take with you? See how two families deal with an evacuation order, and what a difference having a plan can make.
Ready your Family Emergency Plan