With the seasons changing and we get cooler weather in Northern Nevada, first responders and professionals fill the community in on how they can safely prepare for the winter. Reno Fire Department officials and the Fire Marshal, John Beck, tell us, “As the summer months start to wane and temperatures get cooler, I think the public can become a little complacent, thinking the fire hazards have diminished. But that’s not actually the case. There’s no true fire season anymore. We have some of our worst fires in November, December and January.”
He says that many of these come from appliances in the household that may need to be serviced. Things like fireplaces, heaters and heating units. “Any kind of heating device, you know, our furnaces, our fireplaces, those are those are appliances where people haven’t been using them for a matter of months, and those need to be brought back online again. So, we want to make sure that with our furnaces that we get them regularly serviced.”
