by Tom
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President Obama has declared this week National Fire Prevention Week. Read President Obama’s proclamation here.
This year’s theme for National Fire Prevention Week is “Protect Your Family from Fire.” There are simple steps families can take to help avoid tragedies. Install smoke alarms on each level of your house and in each bedroom and change their batteries every year. We like to replace ours on the day we roll our clocks back in the fall so we know our smoke alarms are in working order for winter, when most home fires occur.
Families should have an escape plan in case of fire. Agree on escape routes from the house and designate an outside meeting place. Just as kids have fire drills at school, have fire drills at home on a regular basis. The more you and your family practice, the better off you’ll be in the case of an emergency.
In addition to smoke alarms, your home should also have alarms for carbon monoxide, a deadly, invisible gas with no odor. These combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are a great way to protect your family from both dangers.
The United States celebrates National Bioenergy Day each October. It recognizes and encourages the use of renewable and sustainable bioenergy sources. In 2021, National Bioenergy Day is October 20. When any organic material with few or no productive applications is used to generate energy, we call it “bioenergy.” The biomass can be any organic low […]
Mosquitos are the bane of everyone who wants to relax by a fire pit or fire bowl or campfire. A careful selection of specific eco-friendly firestarters, logs and other fire fuels can safely repel those flying pests. Here is a list of what to burn for mosquito free fire pit or other outdoor fires. What […]
We celebrate Arbor Day in the United States on the last Friday of April. The holiday celebrates the joys of trees. Trees provide both people and animals with services as well as goods. Planting trees on Arbor day is a traditional way to honor forest, ornamental and fruit trees. To those with wood-burning fireplaces or […]
Old timers had rules of thumb, that is, experienced-based guides, about how many cords of firewood a tree would yield. One of those is that a tree that is 18 inches in diameter at the base and four times the height of a man will yield a half-cord of firewood. Different varieties of trees, and […]
