Downers Grove Fire Department Offers Holiday Fire Safety Tips

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — The Downers Grove Fire Department is offering safety tips for residents this holiday season. Each fire station has a wreath with red bulbs that will be changed to white for each holiday-related fire. The goal is to keep the wreaths red.

The fire department recommends the following steps to make sure trees and lights are safe this holiday season:

• Don't allow trees to block exit paths in your home
• Keep live trees at least three feet from any heat source
• Check water levels daily for live trees.
• Dispose of trees and boughs before they dry out.
• Don't connect more than three strings of lights together.
• Make sure lights are approved for indoor or outdoor use, depending on where you plan to use them.

The "Keep the Wreaths Red" initiative runs through Jan. 1.