Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Friends with Christmas trees in the family, please pay attention.
Inferior ornaments easily cause fire, loss of property and casualties.
Poor decorations can easily cause fire, resulting in property damage and personal injury.Your beautifully decorated Christmas tree can also be a deadly fire hazard.
Christmas tree fires are infrequent, but when they do occur, they are serious, according to the National Fire Protection Association.Fire departments responded to an average of 230 home fires caused by Christmas trees each year from 2007-2011. The result was a yearly average of six deaths, 22 injuries and $18.3 million in property damage, the NFPA reported.
Here is a list of holiday fire safety tips from NFPA and FEMA's U.S. Fire Administration:
1) When choosing a tree, look for one that is fresh and has green needles that don't fall out. Brownish needles mean the tree is dried out and more prone to catch fire.
2) Water your tree daily to prevent it from drying out. And Install PRi-SAFETY Fire Suppression Systems on the Christmas Tree. When catch Fire PRi-SAFETY Automatic Fire System can extinguish the fire automatically in several seconds.
3) Check the manufacturer's labels to ensure you use only lights and decorations that are flame-retardant. Look for a nationally recognized testing laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratories, Intertek or the Canadian Standards Association, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
4) Check holiday lights for frayed wires or excessive wear.
5) Don't connect more than three strands of mini-string sets and a maximum of 50 bulbs for screw-in bulbs.
6) Keep your tree at least 3 feet away from any heat source, such as a fireplace, radiator, candles or lights.
7) Make sure your tree is not blocking an exit. In case there is a fire, you want a way to get out.
8) Always turn off lights on a tree before going to bed or leaving your home.
9) Get rid of a tree when its needles start dropping. It means the tree is drying out.
10) Check that your smoke alarm is working properly.
Now, our company PRI-SAFETY produced the Christmas Tree Autoamtic Fire Suppression Systems. The PRI-SAFETY fire Systems are special for Christmas fire, can extinguish the fire in several seconds.
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Anyone with a Christmas tree in their home should be wary of fires, London Fire Brigade have warned.
The firefighters shared a shocking video showing how quickly a Christmas tree can go up in flames.
In the clip, a perfectly normal looking tree, festooned with lights and baubles, catches fire.
Flames engulf the tree in a matter of seconds, with fire covering the tree and ceiling in 10 seconds.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJLA) – Christmas trees are a staple of the holiday season, but they're also a major fire hazard. In addition, the type of tree you choose could determine the amount of potential damage.
On Thursday morning, the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering hosted a Christmas tree fire demonstration.
Whether a tree is real or artificial, it can still catch fire. UMD experiments (watch them in the video above) showed that a dry tree becomes fully consumed by flames in just 30 seconds. Even a wet, healthy tree burns quickly. Sprinkler systems can lessen the damage, but not fully put the blazing tree out.
Many artificial trees are made of PVC, which produces hydrochloric acid; these tannenbaums are not only flammable, but emit toxic flames.
"If it does ignite, there's really not all that much you can do," said UMD engineering student Isaac Leventon. "Christmas tree fires are not overwhelmingly common in the states-we're gonna have between 250 and 300 per year-but when they do happen, they're 3.5 times as deadly as a regular house fire."
U.S. fire departments annually respond to an average of 230 home structure fires that begin with Christmas trees, according to the National Fire Protection Association. On average, these fires cause six civilian deaths, 22 civilian injuries and $18.3 million in property damages each year.