Safety Advice ahead of Winter Chill

It’s getting cold outside!  The forecast is calling for temperatures to plummet into the teens and that means more people will be heating their homes by whatever means necessary to stay warm.  Rabun County Assistant Fire Chief Justin Upchurch offers this safety advice when heating your home. “Well, any time we have cold temperatures you are going to see people that are going to start to use their fireplaces more and they are going to use space heaters.  Just a couple of safety tips for that. Keep anything that can burn at least three feet away from any kind of fireplaces, wood stoves, or space heaters. One very important thing is, only plug one heat-producing appliance into an outlet at a time and never use a power strip for any type of heater.”  Please follow this safety advice when heating your home this winter.