{"id":61992,"date":"2025-05-31T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61992"},"modified":"2025-05-31T15:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T15:10:42","slug":"firefighters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61992","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-915.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-915.png 656w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-915-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Never Plug Into a Power Strip The Umatilla County Fire District in Oregon urges people not to plug space heaters into power strips or extension cords. These devices aren\u2019t built to handle the high electrical load and can\u00a0<strong>overheat or catch fire<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Example<\/em>: In Ohio, a space heater plugged into a power strip caused a couch to ignite, eventually destroying an entire home.\u00a0\u00a0Why Space Heaters Are Risky Space heaters can reach\u00a0<strong>600\u00b0F<\/strong>, posing a major fire hazard. To stay safe:\u00a0\u00a0Space Heater Safety Tips\u00a0<strong>Always plug directly into a wall outlet\u00a0Keep at least 3 feet<\/strong>\u00a0of clearance from furniture, curtains, bedding, etc.\u00a0<strong>Turn it off when leaving the room or going to sleep\u00a0Place on flat, stable surfaces<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 not on furniture or rugs\u00a0<strong>Inspect regularly<\/strong>\u00a0for frayed cords or damage\u00a0<strong>Use certified models<\/strong>\u00a0from trusted safety organizations With a few precautions, you can stay warm\u00a0<strong>and<\/strong>\u00a0safe this winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61956\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Never Plug Into a Power Strip The Umatilla County Fire District in Oregon urges people not to plug space heaters into power strips or extension cords. These&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61994,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61992\/revisions\/61994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}