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eient fire. Storing firewood neatly and away from the house helps prevent building fires.
All chimneys and stoves should be carefully cleaned and repaired during the fall and continuously checked during the cold season for creosote and soot buildup. Firefighters say it is worth the money to call a professional chimney sweep. Do-ityourselfers can damage chimney linings, causing an additional fire hazard.
This is a good time of the year to learn the proper operations of a kerosene heater as well. It should have been properly stored at the end of last year’s heating season with a clean cabinet, drip tray and strainers and a clean and empty tank. There should be no carbon deposits on the wick.
before using the heater, the automatic shutoff should be checked. A simple test consists of turning the heater on and then giving it a sharp jolt. If this doesn’t trigger the automatic shutoff, it needs repair.
Every home should be checked for adequate ventilation. In fully weatherized houses additional ventilation is needed. The consumer product safety commission recommends 10 square inches of opening to the outside for each 10,000 BTUs of heater size. This can be adequately achieved by opening a standard window by 'A inch.
The heater should be placed at least 36 inches away from draperies or other combustible materials and in a spot where pets and people are not likely to brush against it.
The heater should be cool before removing the fuel tank which should be filled outside the house. A little room should be left in the tank to allow for fuel expansion after the tank is returned to the warm house.
Only grade IK “white” kerosene should be used. Other grade fuels cause irritating sulfur dioxide gas and other assorted hearth and safety hazards.
Gasoline and “camp stove” fuels should never be used in a kerosene heater. They will explode.
Fire safety should be of constant concern to families. Fire officials say 6,500 people die each year in the U.S. in home fires. Every day 1.500 homes catch fire somewhere in the nation.
Rappahannock’s fire volunteers hope no deaths and
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