马萨诸塞州昆西 - 根据新发布的国家消防保护协会（NFPA）的数据，2001年报告的三分之三的家庭供暖火灾以及相关的死亡和伤害涉及便携式和固定空间加热器以及相关设备，例如壁炉，烟囱和烟囱连接器。报告。
随着家庭供暖成本已经上升到今年冬天预期的创纪录水平，NFPA敦促使用太空加热器和其他补充供暖设备，以使家庭供暖成本降低。消费者应意识到，与中央供暖（例如炉子）相比，空间加热器的造成房屋火灾的风险要大得多。
空间加热器具有更大的人为错误潜力。这包括使它们离床垫，床上用品，衣服，软垫家具或其他燃烧物，或者无法正确安装，燃料，操作或维护它们。
The estimated 54,900 home heating equipment fires in 2001 killed 220 people, the lowest death toll in the 22 years studied (1980 through 2001), according to the report. The number of civilian injuries, 1,120, and amount of direct property damage, $502 million, also reflect historic lows.
Of the five most widely used types of portable or fixed space heaters – room gas heaters, portable kerosene heaters, portable electric heaters, wood stoves or fireplaces with inserts, and built-in or other fixed electric heaters, the first three have the highest risk of deaths and injuries, including non-fire deaths due to carbon monoxide. Solid-fueled space heaters, such as wood stoves, usually involve the highest risk of property damage from fire. Portable kerosene heaters have the highest risk of fire death by most measures, and are illegal in some states.
在家庭取暖火灾的主要原因是:lack of regular cleaning, leading to creosote buildup in wood-burning devices and associated chimneys and connectors; failure to give space heaters space, by installing or placing them too close to combustibles or placing combustibles too close to them; basic flaws in construction, design or installation of wood-burning heating equipment; and fueling errors involving liquid or gas-fueled heating equipment.
Any type of heating equipment can be used safely if you follow these rules and recommendations from NFPA:
- 购买新的空间加热器时，请确保它具有独立测试实验室的标记，并确保根据制造商的说明或适用的代码，由合格的技术人员安装固定的太空加热器。或者，确保合格的技术人员检查该设备已正确安装。
- 设有木材和煤炉，壁炉，烟囱，烟囱连接器以及每年检查专业人士每年检查的所有其他固体供暖设备，并按照检查建议进行清洁。
- 几乎所有空间加热器都需要从燃烧物进行36英寸的清理。
- Follow manufacturer’s instructions when turning a heater on or off. When buying heaters, look for devices with automatic shutoff features.
- 安装了任何燃气加热设备，并适当注意通风。如果在卧室或浴室中使用未通风的气体空间加热器，请确保它们很小并且安装得很好。NFPA代码禁止使用具有独立燃料供应的液化石油加热器。
