{"id":137530,"date":"2022-11-21T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T19:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/?p=137530"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T19:53:58","slug":"winter-holiday-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/winter-holiday-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Holiday Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winter holidays are a time for families and friends to gather together. But that also means a greater risk of fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, more than 1\/3 of home decoration fires are started by candles, and 42% of decoration fires happen because decorations are placed too close to a heat source. Ensure a happy and fire-safe holiday season for you and your family by following a few simple tips.<\/p>\n<h2>Holiday Decorating<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Be careful with holiday decorations. Choose decorations that are flame-resistant or flame-retardant.<\/li>\n<li>Keep lit candles away from decorations and other things that can burn.<\/li>\n<li>Some lights are only for indoor or outdoor use, but not both.<\/li>\n<li>Replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords or loose bulb connections. Read the manufacturer\u2019s instructions for the number of light strands to connect.<\/li>\n<li>Use clips, not nails, to hang lights, so the cords do not get damaged.<\/li>\n<li>Keep decorations away from windows and doors.<\/li>\n<li>Blow out lit candles when you leave the room or go to bed.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off all light strings and decorations before leaving home or going to bed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Holiday Entertaining<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Test your smoke alarms and tell guests about your home fire escape plan.<\/li>\n<li>Keep children and pets away from lit candles.<\/li>\n<li>Keep matches and lighters up high in a locked cabinet.<\/li>\n<li>Stay in the kitchen when cooking on the stovetop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/nfpa.org\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Fire Prevention Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winter holidays are a time for families and friends to gather together. But that also means a greater risk of fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, more than 1\/3 of home decoration fires are started by candles, and 42% of decoration fires happen because decorations are placed too close to a heat [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":137533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375,374],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.penlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}