Autumn Fire Safety: Tips For The Home

Chimneys and Furnace

Chimney maintainence is vital to your family's safety:

• Have your chimney inspected and cleaned on a regular basis
• When possible, burn seasoned woods (dryness of the wood is more important than hard wood versus soft wood) 
• Smaller, hotter fires will burn more completely and produce less smoke than larger fires.
• Do not bur cardboard boxes or trash, as they can spark a chimney fire.
• Install stovepipe thermometers, which help monitor flue temperatures where wood stoves are in use, then adjust burning practices as needed.