Fire Safety and Holiday Decorations, Holiday Decorations, fire damage restoration near me, smoke damage restoration near me,
12/7/2021 (Permalink)
Holiday Decorations May cause Fire Damage, Smoke Damage, Soot Damage, and Odor damage, to your Property
Top 5 Holiday Decorations Fire Safety Facts from the NFPA:
1) U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 790 home structure fires per year that began with decorations, excluding Christmas trees, in 2015-2019. These fires caused an annual average of one civilian fire death, 26 civilian fire injuries and $13 million in direct property damage.
2) One in five home decoration fires occurred in December.
3) The decoration was too close to a heat source such as a candle or equipment in more than two of every five incidents.
4) Year-round, more than one-third of home decoration fires were started by candles. Cooking started 19 percent of decoration fires, 12 percent involved electrical distribution and lighting equipment, heating equipment was involved in 11 percent, 8 percent were intentionally set, and smoking materials started 7 percent.
5) Candles caused 45 percent of home decoration fires in December.
Please make sure your Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide detectors are operating Safely as well.
Any Questions, or Require Emergency Services, Call us at 856-227-7800
?
Our Services include Water Mold Biohazard Termite Fire and Smoke Damage Remediation and Reconstruction Services
Jon A. Barrett
(C.M.R.) Certified Mold Remediator
SERVPRO of Blackwood NJ and Gloucester Township NJ
Marketing Manager
Phone: (856) 227-7800
Email: sp.jonb@gmail.com
Website: https://lnkd.in/g6NZU8R
Emergency Services 24/7/365
Federal, State, Industrial, Commercial and Residential Restoration Services
CAGE Code: 8QK50 DUNS# 023257359
*****U.S. Navy VETERAN OWNED AND OPERATED
Google My Business:
https://lnkd.in/dCihvqy