Prepare your property for wildfire, then review plans annually
Even if you’ve taken precautions to make your home or business resistant to wildfire, take time each year to review your preparations.
Even if you’ve taken precautions to make your home or business resistant to wildfire, take time each year to review your preparations.
Space heaters offer a portable and relatively affordable means of taking the chill out of small spaces. But portable heaters are also a significant source of home fires each year.
Fire safety organizations traditionally conduct fire prevention awareness campaigns in October, coinciding with the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Though its origin is disputed, the deadly fire burned from October 8 to 10 that year, killing about 300 people, destroying more than 3 square miles of the city and leaving 100,000 people homeless.