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Planning ahead can help make this Halloween a fire-safe one. Taking simple fire safety
precautions, like making sure fabrics for costumes and decorative materials are flame-
resistant, can prevent fires.
Facts & Figures*
Decorations for special events accounted for an annual average of 1,000 home fires,
most often involving candles, and causing two civilian deaths and $6.8 million in direct
property damage per year from 1993-1998.
More than 100 people die each year as a result of their clothing becoming ignited.
(*From NFPA's U.S. Home Product Report, Forms and Types of Materials First Ignited
in Fires)
Safety Tips
Purchase only costumes, wigs and props labeled flame-resistant or flame-retardant.
When creating a costume, choose material that won't easily ignite if it comes in contact
with heat or flame. Avoid billowing or long trailing features.
Dried flowers, cornstalks and crepe paper are highly flammable. Keep these and other
decorations well away from all open flames and heat sources, including light bulbs,
heaters, etc.
Use extreme caution when decorating with candles, and supervise children at all times
when candles are lit. When lighting candles inside Jack-O-Lanterns, use long, fireplace-
style matches and be sure to place lit pumpkins well away from all combustible items.
Pumpkins can also be illuminated with small, inexpensive flashlights.
Remember to keep exits clear of decorations, ensuring nothing blocks escape routes.
Use flashlights as alternatives to candles or torch lights when decorating walkways and
yards. They are much safer for trick-or-treaters, whose costumes may brush against
the lighting.
Instruct children to stay away from open flames or other heat sources. Be sure children
know how to stop, drop and roll in the event their clothing catches fire. (Stop
immediately, drop to the ground, covering your face with your hands, and roll over and
over to extinguish flames.)
Instruct children who are attending parties at others' homes to locate the exits and plan
how they would get out in an emergency.
Provide children with lightweight flashlights to carry for lighting or as part of their
costume.
precautions, like making sure fabrics for costumes and decorative materials are flame-
resistant, can prevent fires.
Facts & Figures*
Decorations for special events accounted for an annual average of 1,000 home fires,
most often involving candles, and causing two civilian deaths and $6.8 million in direct
property damage per year from 1993-1998.
More than 100 people die each year as a result of their clothing becoming ignited.
(*From NFPA's U.S. Home Product Report, Forms and Types of Materials First Ignited
in Fires)
Safety Tips
Purchase only costumes, wigs and props labeled flame-resistant or flame-retardant.
When creating a costume, choose material that won't easily ignite if it comes in contact
with heat or flame. Avoid billowing or long trailing features.
Dried flowers, cornstalks and crepe paper are highly flammable. Keep these and other
decorations well away from all open flames and heat sources, including light bulbs,
heaters, etc.
Use extreme caution when decorating with candles, and supervise children at all times
when candles are lit. When lighting candles inside Jack-O-Lanterns, use long, fireplace-
style matches and be sure to place lit pumpkins well away from all combustible items.
Pumpkins can also be illuminated with small, inexpensive flashlights.
Remember to keep exits clear of decorations, ensuring nothing blocks escape routes.
Use flashlights as alternatives to candles or torch lights when decorating walkways and
yards. They are much safer for trick-or-treaters, whose costumes may brush against
the lighting.
Instruct children to stay away from open flames or other heat sources. Be sure children
know how to stop, drop and roll in the event their clothing catches fire. (Stop
immediately, drop to the ground, covering your face with your hands, and roll over and
over to extinguish flames.)
Instruct children who are attending parties at others' homes to locate the exits and plan
how they would get out in an emergency.
Provide children with lightweight flashlights to carry for lighting or as part of their
costume.
