{"id":26788,"date":"2019-12-17T08:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=26788"},"modified":"2019-12-17T08:22:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:22:16","slug":"make-fire-safety-a-holiday-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/17\/make-fire-safety-a-holiday-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Fire Safety a Holiday Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With temperatures dropping and the holiday season upon us, ensure that festivities are both happy and safe by making fire safety a priority.\u00a0&#8220;While enjoying this festive time with friends, families and loved ones, keep fire safety in mind,&#8221; said Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General. &#8220;By following a few seasonal safety tips, we can help ensure our homes are fire free, and safely enjoy the holiday season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ontario&#8217;s Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management offers simple tips to enjoy a fire- safe holiday season:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay in the kitchen when cooking. If you must leave, turn off the stove.<\/li>\n<li>Blow out candles before leaving the room.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re putting up a fresh Christmas tree, keep the base of the trunk in water at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Inspect and throw away old and damaged lights before decorating.<\/li>\n<li>Keep space heaters away from anything that can burn, including curtains and furniture.<\/li>\n<li>Install and test smoke alarms on every floor and outside all sleeping areas of your home.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget about carbon monoxide (CO) alarms. In Ontario, you must have a working CO alarm adjacent to each sleeping area of the home if you have a fuel-burning appliance, a fireplace or an attached garage.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure everyone knows two ways to get out of your home. Plan and practice a home fire escape plan with family members and holiday guests.<\/li>\n<li>Designate a street light or mailbox outside as the meeting place where everyone can be accounted for. Never re-enter a burning building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Make fire safety a holiday tradition,&#8221; said Jon Pegg, Ontario&#8217;s Fire Marshal. &#8220;Telling guests about your family&#8217;s home fire escape plan, testing your home&#8217;s smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and keeping doors and other exits clear of items like boots and shoes, are all key to enjoying the holiday season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One in three fire deaths (35 per cent) occur during the months of November, December and January.<\/li>\n<li>Historically, the top five causes of fires in December are from heating equipment, unattended cooking, electrical distribution equipment such as strings of lights, cigarettes and appliances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SOURCE &#8211; Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With temperatures dropping and the holiday season upon us, ensure that festivities are both happy and safe by making fire safety a priority.\u00a0&#8220;While enjoying this festive time with friends, families and loved ones, keep fire safety in mind,&#8221; said Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General. &#8220;By following a few seasonal safety tips, we can help ensure our &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 21:04:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26789,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26788\/revisions\/26789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}