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Heating Fire Safety
Each winter the high cost of home heating fuels and utilities causes many Americans to search for alternate sources of home heating. The use of wood burning stoves is growing and space heaters are selling rapidly. Fireplaces are burning wood and man-made logs. All these methods of heating may be acceptable. They are however, a major contributing factor in home fires.
Many of these fires can be prevented. You can prevent the loss of life and property resulting from heating fires by being able to identify potential hazards and following a few safety tips:
- All heaters need space. Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet away from heating equipment.
- Use heating equipment that has the label of a recognized testing laboratory.
- Make sure all fuel-burning heating equipment is vented to the outside to avoid carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
- Only purchase portable space heaters with an automatic shut-off so if they’re tipped over they will shut off.
- Allow wood stove and fireplace ashes to cool before disposing of them in a tightly covered metal container. Keep the container at least 10 feet away from your home.
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Fires can strike anywhere – in buildings, automobiles, and the outdoors – but fires that affect our homes are often the most tragic and the most preventable. Over 75% percent of all fire fatalities occur in home fires.
This year's National Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15) theme is Protect Your Family from Fire. You can protect your family by:
- Installing smoke alarms on every level of your home,
- Testing smoke alarms once a month,
- Changing smoke alarm batteries at least once a year, and
Making and practicing a home fire escape plan.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FIRE
DISTRICT NO. 1 IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HOPEWELL IN THE COUNTY OF MERCER,
NEW JERSEY
Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 is an autonomous entity responsible for the prevention and extinguishment of fires and the regulation of fire hazards within the geographic boundaries of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. The Fire District is funded through a fire tax and governed by a five member Board of Fire Commissioners.
Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 also provides, through interlocal agreements, fire inspection services to Hopewell and Pennington Boroughs. The uniformed staff of the Hopewell Valley Bureau of Fire Safety perform all commercial fire safety inspections, and all pre-sale residential inspections for Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington Borough.
The Fire District's administrative office is located in the lower level of the Hopewell Township Municipal Building.
Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1
201 Washington Crossing - Pennington Road
Titusville, New Jersey 08560
Tel: (609) 730-8156
Fax: (609) 730-1563
For more information about the Board of Fire Commissioners, including meeting dates, times, and past meeting minutes, click here.
For information about the Hopewell Valley Bureau of Fire Safety, including required fire safety forms, click here.
