Holiday Fire Prevention Tips from the Novato Dryer Vent Cleaning Wizard

(EstateNewsWire.com, December 25, 2012 ) Novato CA – Dryer fire prevention and energy savings are the main focus of service by the Novato Dryer Vent Cleaning Wizard. The Wizard provides professional dryer vent installation and maintenance service while educating the customer with fire prevention tips.

Over 17,000 dryer fires occur annually with poor maintenance cited as the leading cause. The frequency of home fires increases during the fall and winter months. Some of the increase is due to Christmas tree fires and those caused by old holiday lights and other decorations.

Rhonda Nole, owner of Dryer Vent Wizard (http://www.dryerventwizarddryerventcleaning.com/), is adding holiday safety tips to her conversation with customers. Here are some of the valuable tips she is sharing with her customers during the holiday season:

• Take are when choosing the perfect Christmas tree, especially when bringing a live tree into the home. A burning Christmas tree will quickly fill the home with smoke and deadly gases.

• Choose a fresh-cut tree. Needles should be green and hard to bend; not dry and brittle. The trunk should be sticky to the touch. When shaken or bounced off the ground, a fresh tree will not lose too many needles. A tree that has been cut too long and dried out is a fire hazard.

• Do not cut the tree too early or leave it up for more than two weeks. Keep the stand filled with water and avoid placing it too close to the fire place or a heat vent.

• Keep candles and open flame away from the tree.

• Do not try burning the tree in the fire place or wood burning stove. Take it to a recycling center or have it hauled away by the trash pick-up service.

• Some holiday decorations can also be hazardous. Check strings of lights each year for frayed wires, broken sockets, gaps in insulation or excessive kinking before hanging them.

• Use lights that are approved by a safety testing laboratory. Avoid overloading electrical circuits. Do not connect too many strands together. Check the wires when lit; they should not be warm to the touch.

• Make sure decorations and fake trees are flame resistant

• Do not throw wrapping paper into the fire place

• Never go to sleep or leave the house when Christmas lights are on or the clothes dryer is running!

Dryer vent cleaning is the best way to avoid a dryer fire and prevent other dryer related hazards in the home. Dryer Vent Wizard provides commercial and residential dryer vent service. They only install dryer vents to meet or exceed current safety standards. Rhonda Nole serves the Greater North Bay area, San Anselmo, Novato, Larkspur and nearby neighborhoods. Visit http://www.dryerventcleaningnovato.com/ to learn more.

About Dryer Vent Wizard:
Dryer Vent Wizard is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the largest chain of Dryer vent cleaning, repair, replacement and alternation specialists in the U.S. with nearly 60 franchisees in major markets. Dryer Vent Wizard franchisees work to promote public awareness on the importance of dryer vent cleaning to prevent dryer fires and save energy. Consumer education while making clothes dryers safer and greener are the main focus of DVW franchisees. Dryer Vent Wizard was founded in 2004 by Dave Lavalle who is also the founder of the Mr. Handyman franchise.

Contact:

Dryer Vent Wizard of the Greater North Bay Area
Rhonda Nole
PO Box 7625
Cotati, CA 94931
Phone: 707-326-7171
Toll Free: 866-498-7233
Email: rnole@dryerventwizard.com

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