27/11/2024
This year, it seems that lots of people have their tree up already, or are thinking about putting it up in the next week or so. Christmas trees can impose a real fire risk in the home, but hopefully, these tips will help you keep fire safe this festive period:
🎄 Choose an artificial tree over a real tree if you can, but make sure it’s labelled as fire resistant
🎄 If you do get a real tree, check that it’s fresh by seeing if it has green needles that don’t fall out easily and a sticky trunk
🎄 Cut off the bottom two inches of a real Christmas tree, and allow it to absorb water for 24 hours before bringing it inside. Then water daily
🎄 Keep your tree a minimum of 3ft away from any heat sources - did you know that 1 in 6 Christmas tree fires are started when the tree is too close to a heat source?
🎄 Don’t place your tree in a position that blocks an exit
🎄 Carefully inspect lights and extension chords - if they are damaged in any way then do not use
🎄 Don’t overload your extension chords either!
🎄 Check your lights conform to British Standard BS EN 60598
🎄 Turn your lights off when you’re away from home and at night
🎄 Dispose of your real Christmas tree within 2 weeks (or sooner if dry) - place it outside if your home until you can recycle!
While that may seem like a long list, improper care of your Christmas trees can have disastrous consequences - as you can see here:
A house fire, most likely sparked by faulty Christmas tree lights, envelopes a living room in a shocking 46 seconds. Fire Kills wants everyone to enjoy their...
