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3350 Highway 138 Building 2 Suite 126
Wall, NJ 07719
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To keep energy costs down, families may be tempted to turn down the furnace and use a space heater to keep warm this winter. If you plan to use portable heaters, be careful when switching them on around children.
Although space heaters are safer now than in previous years, even modern models pose some risks. Every winter, newspapers carry stories of home fires and deaths caused by space heaters. Portable or fixed space heaters are involved in about 1,000 home heating fires and 100 home heating deaths annually, according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children are at risk because they can accidentally bump into or knock over a heater when playing around it.
To protect children from injury, the American Academy of Pediatrics and fire safety experts offer the follow advice:
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Article Written by: Trisha Korioth, Staff Writer
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3350 Highway 138 Building 2 Suite 126,
Wall, NJ 07719