Fireplaces & Wood Burning Safety

Fireplaces

• Have chimneys professionally inspected and cleaned each year.
• Use a sturdy fireplace screen when burning fires.
• Burn only wood and NOT paper or pine boughs that can float out of a chimney and ignite your roof.
• If you are hanging stockings by a fireplace, do not burn a fire.

Wood Burning Stoves

• Stove connector pipes and chimneys should be inspected each year by a professional.
• Use short hot fires rather than long smoldering ones.
• Don't leave a stove unattended when children are present.
• Never use gasoline, kerosene, charcoal starter or other flammables to start a fire.
• Empty ashes into a metal container with a tight-fitting lid. Keep containers off of combustible floors.

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