October is National Fire Safety Month, and we have some tips to help you stay safe while planning for the fall fix-up season, colder weather, and upcoming holidays.
1. Clean Your Dryer Ducts
A survey from Erie Insurance conducted online by Harris Poll, shows one in five Americans (21 percent) admit they never clean their clothes dryer ducts unless they have a problem.
Laundry is part of life’s weekly grind. But did you know that dryers cause roughly 15,500 home structure fires, 29 deaths, 400 injuries, and $192 million in direct property loss each year? The most common cause of dryer fires is failure to do a thorough cleaning. Because a lint trap is not a foolproof method for catching all the fuzzy stuff from clothes, lint can gradually build up and catch fire in the heating element or exhaust duct.
You don’t have to become a statistic. Here’s how to clean a dryer vent.
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