{"id":3929,"date":"2017-12-12T17:05:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2019-08-15T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T23:59:09","slug":"stay-warm-and-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/stay-warm-and-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Warm and Safe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3934 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2017\/12\/Space_heater-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2017\/12\/Space_heater-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2017\/12\/Space_heater-768x1335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2017\/12\/Space_heater-589x1024.jpg 589w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2017\/12\/Space_heater.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>The National Fire Protection Agency estimates that fires resulting from space heaters account for 84% of civilian deaths, 75% of civilian injuries, and 52% of direct property damage.<!--more--> Over Thanksgiving a family in Texas were killed in a fire sparked by a space heater, and five puppies were killed in an Oklahoma City space heater fire at the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your house and family safe by using your space heater safely.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you always plug your space heater directly into the wall; most extension cords can&#8217;t handle the amount of electricity the space heater uses.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the heater at least 3 feet from anything that can burn, including furniture.<\/li>\n<li>Never leave space heaters unattended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is a good idea to have a fire plan for your family and\/or roommates. Make sure everyone knows where you will meet if you need to escape the house or apartment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Fire Protection Agency estimates that fires resulting from space heaters account for 84% of civilian deaths, 75% of civilian injuries, and 52% of direct property damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8740,"featured_media":3934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-safety-topics","category-health-wellness","tag-fall-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9390,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions\/9390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}