Real Christmas Tree Fire Safety for Your Grovetown Home

11/1/2021 (Permalink)

NFPA Statistics Shed Light on Holiday House Fires

From 2014 to 2018, US fire departments responded to an estimated average of 160 home structure fires per year that began with Christmas trees, causing death, injuries and over $10.3 billion in property damage, (NFPA Research, 2020.)

Real Christmas Tree Fire Safety – Educate Yourself!

The first step to being safe from property damages and maintaining a safe environment for your family is to educate yourself and your family on the potential causes of tree fires in the home. For example, a few rules to abide by to avoid a fire is to never burn your Christmas tree in a fireplace to dispose it. Oils from the tree can emit fumes and are highly flammable.

Additionally, decorative lights can get extremely hot to touch, which is turn affects the highly flammable trees. Cords, bulbs, and/or wiring is also a major cause for concern with dawning your tree with decorations.

Safe Alternative Decorations for Your Tree this Year

With highly flammable trees but the desire to decorate and beautify your tree, it can be discouraging to have a real tree – But there are safe alternatives.

If you desire your tree to be decorated with beautiful lights but can’t risk using unsafe bulbs that could ignite your tree, an attractive idea may be to use the new, innovative beam lights. Beam lights give the appearance of lights dawning your Christmas tree, without the safety hazard. The use of other classic Christmas tree decor such as popcorn strands, beaded garland, tinsel, and classic shiny ornaments can provide a trendy, retro aesthetic to your Christmas tree.

Holiday House Fire Affect Your Grovetown Home?

Our SERVPRO crews implore using safe alternatives to potentially faulty lighting on real Christmas trees – However, if your home has damage from a Christmas tree fire this year, we are available 24/7 – Yes, even on Christmas, to help answer your call for fire damage clean up for soot, smoke, and more extensive damages. Please call our office at 706-843-1990 to talk to an office team member for scheduling, and to reach our crews for immediate dispatching.