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Creosote F.A.Q.

by | Jun 23, 2014 | annual cleaning, Fire Safety

Fireplaces are designed to safely contain a wood-fueled fire, while, at the same time, heating your home.  Chimneys are designed to expel the substances—smoke, water vapor, gases, etc.—produced from your wood fire.  As these substances are ushered up and out of your...

Fire Pit Fun and Safety

by | Jun 6, 2013 | Fire Safety

Safely Using Your Firepit Fire pits can offer lots of fun, but they can also offer problems if they are not safely used. From the small portable kind to the ‘permanent’ bricked-in patio additions becoming so popular, fire pits pose safety risks that have to be...

Common Points of Fire Safety

by | May 13, 2013 | Fire Safety

Counter-intuitively and therefore surprisingly, the focal ‘points of fire safety’ are different for different people. Environmentalists, loving parents, managers, park rangers, landlords,  and homeowners all see ‘the point of fire safety’ in slightly different ways....

The Importance of Cleaning Your Dryer Vent

by | Apr 28, 2013 | Fire Safety

Poorly performing vents add to the expense of operating the dryer, since it takes longer to get things dry. Undisturbed dryer vents make attractive homes for animals that turn them into deadly ones for all involved. If neither of those suffices to impress you with...

Kerosene Heaters and Your Safety

by | Apr 6, 2013 | Fire Safety

Unlike in Japan, where kerosene heaters are often primary heating appliances, they are widely used for a quick burst of extra heat in American households. As a result, they are not generally thought of as things that pose a danger as long as they are kept away from...