{"id":1355,"date":"2017-10-17T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T18:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2022-05-18T18:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T18:41:19","slug":"halloween-fire-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/halloween-fire-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Fire Safety Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Children (and many adults) look forward to Halloween when they get dressed up in scary costumes, go trick-or-treating, and attend parties. These Halloween activities include decorations of glowing jack-o-lanterns; paper ghosts and goblins; and dried cornstalks and hay bales adorning our front porches.<\/span><\/p>\n These fun activities and decorations also can present potential fire risks that can be really scary.<\/span><\/p>\n Recognize Potential Hazards<\/span> Decorations are the first thing to ignite in 900reported home fires each year. Two of every five of these fires were started by a candle when looking for artistic decorations to place around the house, visit The local stores. Decorations catching on fire cause an estimated average of one civilian death, 41 civilian injuries, and $13 million in direct property damage per year.<\/p>\n Fire Safety Tips for Your Family<\/strong><\/span> The National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) provides the following tips:<\/p>\n Share With Your Children<\/strong><\/span> For something to share with your children go to NFPA\u2019s infographic on Halloween Safety Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Mitchell Agency Can Help Protect Your Property<\/span> Please let us know if you have any questions.\u00a0 Call us at 765-742-1135<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Children (and many adults) look forward to Halloween when they get dressed up in scary costumes, go trick-or-treating, and attend parties. These Halloween activities include decorations of glowing jack-o-lanterns; paper ghosts and goblins; and dried cornstalks and hay bales adorning our front porches. These fun activities and decorations also can present potential fire risks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellagy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Losing your home and valued possessions to fire can be devastating. Recognize that unattended candles can quickly ignite flammable materials and cause loss of life and property.
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\nTaking simple fire safety precautions, like keeping decorations far away from open flames and using battery-operated candles or glow-sticks in jack-o-lanterns, can help ensure your holiday remains festive and fun.<\/p>\n\n
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\nSo be especially diligent as you decorate your home and take your children trick-or-treating. Watch the little ones closely and instruct older children to stay away from open flames.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Losing your home and possessions to a fire, as we\u2019ve seen recently in California, can be heart wrenching. Along with having adequate insurance coverage to rebuild, we also highly recommend that you video tape each room of your home so you have a record of your possessions. See Recording Your Valuables<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n