The holiday season is always a special time of year. The following tips will hopefully help reduce your risk to home fires and other preventable hazards.

• Water live Christmas trees on a daily basis.
• Replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords or loose bulb connections.
• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, grilling, or broiling food.
• Have a home fire escape plan.
• Blow out all candles when you leave the room or go to bed.
• Test your smoke alarms.
• Test your carbon monoxide alarms.
• Don’t overload extension cords or power strips.
• Keep anything that can burn at least 3 feet from heating equipment.
• Stay out of flood waters, if possible, and do not drive into flooded areas.

Below are links to documents with more helpful fire safety tips:

Halloween Safety Tips
Thanksgiving Safety Tips
Christmas Tree Safety Tips
Holiday Decorating Safety Tips
Candle Safety Tips
Heating Safety Tips
Winter Storm Tips

The Santa Clara Fire Department
wishes you a safe, happy and peaceful
Holiday Season!