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 this "Keeping Your Community Safe and Warm" toolkit that you can use to conduct a heating safety awareness campaign in your community.

Talking about home heating safety

• Home heating safety talking points (PDF)
  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)
  Your neighbors are your best resource to help spread heating safety messages.

Free resources

Heating safety tip sheet

Download this free tip sheet, because with a few simple safety tips and precautions you can prevent most heating fires from happening.

Download tip sheet.

Home fires involving heating equipment

Heating equipment is a leading cause of fires in U.S. homes. Get the latest statistics in this free NFPA report.

Get the report.

Heating safety print ads

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

Printable safety spots (PSA cartoons)

• Chimney (PDF)
• Space heater (PDF)

Local media can help your community stay safe and energized

Customize these resources and work with local media to help spread the word about electrical safety.

Fill-in-the-blank news releases

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

Fill-in-the-blank Op/Eds

• Carbon Monoxide: The Invisible Killer (docx)
• Heating safety (docx)

Fill-in-the-blank letter to the editors

• Alternative heating (docx)
• Heating safety (docx)
• Response to local fire caused by heating equipment (docx)
• Fuel assistance (docx)

Articles for local newspapers and other media outlets

• Carbon Monoxide (docx)
• Wood and pellet-burning stoves (docx)
• Oven, range use for heating - fuel assistance (docx)
• Fireplace safety (docx)
• Portable space heaters (docx)
• Three feet away (docx)
• Time to get heating equipment cleaned and inspected (docx)

Easy-to-read handouts in different languages

• Arabic (PDF,) 

• English Asian (PDF) 
• Farsi (PDF) 
• Indonesian (PDF) 
• Khmer (PDF) 
• Korean (PDF)
• Portuguese (PDF)
• Simplified Chinese (PDF)

• Traditional Chinese (PDF)

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