Keeping Your Community Safe and Warm

Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fires during the winter months. Our greatest defense against these fires is education. That’s why NFPA has developed "Keeping Your Community Safe and Warm". Use the following resources to conduct a heating safety awareness campaign in your community.

• Fast facts you should know about home heating fires (PDF, 1 MB)
  Statistics and information about this important safety topic.
• Home heating safety talking points (PDF, 412 KB)
  Whether you're talking to the media or your neighbors, here are some talking points to help you stay on point.
• Hot ideas: How to Get Heating Safety Messages Out to Your Community (PDF, 90 KB)
  Your neighbors are your best resource to help spread heating safety messages.
• NFPA Report: Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment, September 2012

Heating safety print ads

• General rules for heating your home (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• General rules for central heating (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• General rules for heating with a gas heater (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• General rules for space heating with electricity (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• General rules for heating with a portable kerosene heater (PDF, 1 MB)
• General rules for heating with wood or pellets (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Printable safety spots (PSA cartoons)

• Chimney (PDF, 546 KB)
• Space heater (PDF, 501 KB)

Fill-in-the-blank news releases

• (City/Town) Fire Department Wants to Keep You Safe and Warm This Winter (26 KB)
• (City/Town) Fire Department Cautions Residents About Potential Safety Cost of Alternative Heating Equipment (39 KB)

Fill-in-the-blank Op/Eds

• Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer (24 KB)
• Heating safety (25 KB)

Fill-in-the-blank letter to the editors

• Alternative heating (30 KB)
• Heating safety (23 KB)
• Response to local fire caused by heating equipment (24 KB)
• Fuel assistance (26 KB)

Articles for local newspapers and other media outlets

• Fuel burning heaters - kerosene and gas (doc, 17 KB)
• Carbon Monoxide (doc, 14 KB)
• Wood and pellet-burning stoves (doc, 16 KB)
• Oven, range use for heating - fuel assistance (doc, 15 KB)
• Fireplace safety (doc, 15 KB)
• Portable space heaters (doc, 16 KB)
• Three feet away (doc, 15 KB)
• Time to get heating equipment cleaned and inspected (doc, 12 KB)

Video: Dan Doofus learns some important safety lessons about home heating.