Rescuers are called to obsrving safe!
State service of Ukraine for emergency situations, to prevent the occurrence of fires and other emergency events, appeals to citizens with the request to follow the rules of fire safety during the use of various heating devices. The main recommendations regarding the safe use of electrical heating devices: 1) the heater should not be put near curtains or furniture – the distance from the appliance to combustible materials must be not less than 0.25 m; 2) it is dangerous to install heating devices on supports made of inflammable material; 3) do not place the heating devices directly under the socket, and also on ways of evacuation of people; 4) it is not necessary to include simultaneously many appliances into an extension cord, because the grid can't handle the overload; 5) you should limit the access of young children to warmers; 6) it is forbidden to use electric heating devices for drying clothes and other materials; 7) regularly clean the heater from dust and debris, as foreign objects can suddenly flare up; 8) do not leave electric heating devices while out of the house. During operation of stoves, you NEED to: 1) clean the flues and furnaces of soot at least once in three months; 2) the distance from the furnace to the furniture should be not less than 0.7 m, and from furnace openings not less than 1.25 m; 3) near the stove on a flammable floor must be nailed sheet metal not less than 0,5x0,7 m; When using furnaces, it is PROHIBITED: – to ignite their flammable and combustible liquids; – use for heating is faulty and is not repaired the heating furnace; – drying and folding clothes for stoves, firewood, other combustible objects and materials; – to produce ignition wood furnaces, the length of which exceeds the size of the furnace; – fasten the flue pipe antennas of televisions, radios, and the like; – heat the oven during the in the areas of mass events; – charging the firing and supervision of children. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
