Cold Weather Dangers

THAT MAY BE, 41 DEGREES, PARTLY
SUNNY SKIES AND A TRANQUIL WORK
WEEK.
CINDY OVER TO YOU.
WE ARE ALL TRYING STA STAY --
TO STAY
WAY.
IT PRESENTS DANGEROUSES.
THE WINTER MONTH
PREDENT DANGEROUS.
THE WINTER
MONTHS ARE THE WORSE.
FIRE
CAPTAIN IS HERE WITH MORE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
VERY
OFTEN WHEN WE COVER
THESE HORRIBLE FIRES IN THE NEWS
IT'S THE SPACE HEATER THAT'S THE
CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
SO WHAT IS
THE CORRECT WAY TO USE THEM?
OKAY.
WELL EVEN THIS YEAR
WE HAD 14 FIRE DEATHS FROM
ELECTRICAL ITEMS.
NINE OF THOSE
DEATHS WERE BECAUSE OF EXTENSION
CORDS ON A HEATER.
IF YOU HAVE
A REGULAR SPACE HEATER WE CAN'T
HAVE IT ALL TIED AND BUNCHED UP.
WE HAVE TO LET THE CORD BE FREE
AND IT HAS TO BE PLACED IN AN
OUT LET.
YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS IN
A POWER STRIP OR AN EXTENSION
CORD.
THAT'S WHEN THEY MELT.
RIGHT
. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT A CERTAIN
AMOUNT AWAY FROM -- DISTANCE
AWAY --
THAT'S RIGHT.
3 FEET FROM
BEDDING OR ANYTHING THAT CAN
BURN.
YOU USE YOUR SPACE HEATER
WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE.
YOU HEAT THE
ROOM UP AND SHUT IT OFF.
IF SOMEONE IS
INCAPACITATED DON'T
PUT IT NEAR THEIR BED.
IT HAAS
TO BE SUPERVISED.
WHEN YOU'RE
AWAKE HEAT THE ROOM UP AND THEN
UNPLUG IT.
YOU WANT IT ON A FLAT
SURFACE.
THAT'S RIGHT OR LIKE THE ONE
HERE IS -- YOU CAN ROLL THIS
AROUND.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH
A CORD THAT'S WRAPPED AROUND THE
-- THE HOLDING PIECE HERE.
YOU
DON'T WANT IT WRAPPED UP LIKE
THIS.
YOU WANT IT UNP WRAEDWRAPPED --
UNWRAPPED AND YOU CAN MOVE THIS
ONE AROUND.
THIS IS AN OIL
FILLED SPACE HEATER AND YOU WANT
THIS UP RIGHT ON THE WHEELS.
NEVER USE THIS LAYING DOWN OR
UPSIDE DOWN.
THAT'S WHERE IT
MAY START TO BURN.
OKAY.
ONE OF THE BIG
APPOINTMENTS IS -- POINTS IS
DON'T USE EXTENSION CORDS OR
POWER STRIPS.
I HAVE THESE ALL
OVER ANY HOUSE.
THE POWER STRIPS IS FIND BUT
YOU CAN'T PUT ANYTHING THAT
HEATING OR COOLS IN THAT,
NOTHING LIKE MICROWAVES,
FRIDGES.
IT'S MEANT FOR A TV,
THAT'S FINE.
YOU BROUGHT SOME PICTURES TO
LOOK AT THE POWER STRIPS THAT WE
HAVE AND SEE IF THERE'S PROBLEMS
LIKE THIS OBVIOUSLY.
WE'VE SEEN ONES WHERE THEY ARE
DAMAGED LIKE THIS AND PEOPLE USE
THE NEXT PORT.
OKAY.
THEY
KEEP DOING THAT AND
THEY KEEP MELTING THEM.
IF YOU
SEE ANY DAMAGE IT'S TIME TO
CHANGE IT.
GET A NEW ONE.
IF
IT'S TOO HOT TO HANDLE IF
YOU PICK IT UP THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH IT.
IF IT'S SHUTTING
DOWN OR IT HAS ANY OF THIS
DAMAGE LIKE YOU SEE IN THE
PICTURE YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT.
SOME OF THESE IE APPLIANCES YOU
HAVE TO LOOK AT -- APPLIANCES
LOOK
FOR A CHANGE UP.
LOOK FOR THE UL SIGN?
DEFENSELY.
-- LEFT -- DEFINITELY.
IT'S A
HOLOGRAM OR BURNED INTO THE
BACK.
LOOK FOR IT.
SPEAK
ING OF, A BIG CHANGE
WITH THE SMOKE DEDETECTORS.
--
SMOKE DETECTORS.
ABOUTLY.
THE BATTERY TYPE --
ABSOLUTELY.
THE BATLY TYPE -- BATTERY
TYPE WILL NOT BE SOLD ENOUGH.
JUST PUT A NEW ONE IN HERE AND
TEST IT.
IF YOU HAVE ONE AND
CHANGE THE BT BATTERY TWICE A
YEAR
WHEN YOU CHANGE THE CLOCK YOU'RE
FINE BUT AS OF 2014 IS THE ONE
TO HAVE.
THIS IS A SEALED
ALARM.
THERE'S NO BATTERY TO
CHANGE.
IT'S GOOD FOR 10 YEARS.
IT'S A LIT
HIUM BATTERY IN HERE.
THAT'S DWHA YOU'LL -- IN HERE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL
SEE ON THE
MARKET.
YOU WANT ONE ON EVERY
LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A
HEATING PLANT IN YOUR BUILDING
OR HOME OR GAS OR OIL HEAT.
THAT'S A CARBON MONOXIDE ISSUE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE
BOTH.
VERY
GOOD ADVICE.
WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT COVERING FIRES IT DID
NOT HAVE A DETECTOR IN THE
HOUSE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO
REMEMBER THE BATTERIES.
ANY CARBON MONOXIDE DEATHS
WERE CAUSED -- NO ONE HAD A
CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM.
WE KNOW
THEY WORK.
PEOPLE WHO I DOED

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