Video Clip - Holiday Decorating Safety
Transcript
The picture, text and audio sequence is as follows:
- Title with background music: Holiday Decorating Safety
- Video of Christmas tree burning with sound of fire alarm going off.
- Video of flames and firetruck with sound of siren.
- Text: Every year about 14,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms due to injuries related to holiday decorating.
- Video and Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: Whether it is careful candle placement or checking the warning label on the holiday lights, simple safety steps can go a long way in preventing fires and injuries this year.
- Video: Warning label
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: When purchasing an artificial tree, DO look for the label "Fire Resistant." Although this label does not mean the tree won't catch fire, it does indicate the tree is more resistant to burning.
- Video: Children setting up Christmas tree under adult supervision.
- Video: Flame retardant warning label.
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: When purchasing a live tree, DO check for freshness. A fresh tree is green, needles are hard to pull from branches and do not break when bent between your fingers. The bottom of a fresh tree is sticky with resin, and when tapped on the ground, the tree should not lose many needles.
- Video: Person checking needles of live tree, checking bottom of fresh tree, and tapping tree on ground.
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: When setting up a tree at home, DO place it away from fireplaces, vents, and radiators. Because heated rooms dry out live trees rapidly, be sure to monitor water levels and keep the stand filled with water.
- Text: Christmas trees are involved in hundreds of fires resulting in an average of 15 deaths every holiday season.
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: Indoors or outside, DO use only lights that have been tested for safety by a nationally-recognized testing laboratory, such as UL or ETL/ITSNA. Use only newer lights that have thicker wiring and safety fuses to prevent the wires from overheating.
- Video: Shoppers checking out Christmas light products.
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: Check each set of lights, new or old, for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires, or loose connections. Throw out damaged sets.
- Video: Person checking lights.
- Video: Lights being thrown out.
- Video: Light label
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: When using lights outdoors, DO check labels to be sure they have been certified for outdoor use and only plug them into a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI).
- Video: Person blowing out candles.
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: Keep burning candles within sight. Extinguish all candles before you go to bed, leave the room or leave the house.
- Video: Candle warning label
- Audio of Nychelle Fleming, Spokesperson, CPSC: Keep lighted candles away from items that can catch fire and burn easily, such as trees, other evergreens, decorations, curtains and furniture.
- Text: About 12,000 candle-related fires occur each year, causing an average of 150 deaths.
- Screen reading: For more information on Holiday Decorating Safety visit cpsc.gov
- Screen reading: Watch, Share, Save: Watch the Video, Share with a friend, Save a life
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