20 Devices That Can Catch Fire in Your House While You Sleep

#firesafety #homesafety #seniorsafety #fireprevention #safetytips #electricalsafety #homefire This video covers the twenty household devices most likely to catch fire while you sleep, and the simple fixes for every one of them, most of which cost nothing. These checks are especially important for seniors, because the riskiest devices are often the oldest ones: the dehumidifier in the basement, the garage freezer, the fan that's run for decades, the tall halogen floor lamp from the nineties, and the electric blanket whose age nobody remembers. We move room by room, from the basement to the bedroom, ending with the one ten-second tag check that prevents ninety-nine out of a hundred electric-blanket fires. Nothing here is high-tech: the fixes are unplugging, dusting, giving machines room to breathe, and retiring the ones that have earned it. One quiet evening is enough to work through the whole list. SOURCES ESFI – Heating Pads and Electric Blankets Safety — https://www.esfi.org/heating-pads-and-electric-blankets-safety/ CPSC – Gree Dehumidifier Recall Following 450 Fires and $19 Million in Property Damage — https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Gree-Reannounces-Dehumidifier-Recall-Following-450-Fires-and-19-Million-in-Property-Damage-0 CPSC – Corrective Action on Halogen Torchiere Floor Lamps — https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1997/CPSC-and-Industry-Announce-Corrective-Action-to-Improve-Safety-of-Halogen-Torchiere-Floor-Lamps NFPA – Electrical safety in the home — https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/home-fire-safety/electrical