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Beginning on Monday Noon May 6th the Office of the State Fire Marshal will be conducting maintenance on Application Services.
There may be intermittent disruption of service during this window of time.
Please plan and schedule your activities accordingly.
We expect full resumption of services on Tuesday Noon May 7th
Thank you for your patience & understanding in the process.
The holidays have us cooking more than usual. Thanksgiving is the leading day for home fires involving cooking equipment, with four times the average number occurring. Ranges and cook-tops account for almost three out of every five home fires reported involving cooking, with ovens accounting for 13% of those fires. According to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), each year from 2017 to 2019, an estimated average of 2,300 residential building fires were reported to fire departments in the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day.
These fires caused an estimated annual average of 5 deaths, 25 injuries and $26 million in property loss. U.S. fire departments respond to an average of 166,100 home fires per year involving cooking equipment.
Visit here to discover some tips for keeping safe while entertaining.
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Be careful if you're planning to deep fry your Turkey this year. Here is some useful information on how to avoid a major problem.
While portable space heaters do help to generate heat, OSFM wants residents to be aware of the increase risk of fire caused by these heaters.
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