{"id":44956,"date":"2023-10-10T01:56:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T05:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=44956"},"modified":"2023-10-09T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T01:08:09","slug":"fire-officials-offer-space-heater-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/fire-officials-offer-space-heater-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Officials Offer Space Heater Safety Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44957\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/fire-officials-offer-space-heater-safety-tips\/space-heater\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Space Heater\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-44957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nThe National Fire Protection Association says heating equipment is the leading cause of house fires.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From 2014 to 2018, space heaters caused an average of more than 48,000 fires every year.<\/p>\n<p>With temperatures dropping, more people will be turning to space heaters for additional warmth.<\/p>\n<p>As the temperatures drop and before you reach for that space heater to keep warm, fire officials has these safety tips:<\/p>\n<p>Keep your space heater on a flat surface. Don\u2019t leave any chance for it to tip over.<br \/>\nKeep it three feet away from combustibles.<br \/>\nInspect the cord. Make sure it is not damaged.<br \/>\nPlug it directly into the wall, not into a power strip. The power strip can pull a heavy electrical load.<br \/>\nMake sure you have a working smoke detector on all floor of the house.<br \/>\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Fire Protection Association says heating equipment is the leading cause of house fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":44957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-bH6","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Space-Heater.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44958,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44956\/revisions\/44958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}