According to NFPA, local fire departments responded to an estimated average of 52,050 fires involving heating equipment each year in 2012-2016. Home fires involving heating equipment caused an estimated average of 490 civilian deaths and 1,400 civilian injuries each year in 2012-2016, as well as an estimated $1.03 billion in direct property damage a year. Space heaters accounted for more than two in five (44%) of home heating equipment fires, but these fires were responsible for 86% of civilian deaths and 78% of civilian injuries caused by heating fires.
Don’t become a statistic with a kerosene heater. Give Baker Heating & Air a call today so we can install a new, safe, energy-efficient heating unit at your location to make sure you stay warm and safe this winter.
Imagine sitting on your couch, watching your favorite program on your TV on a mid-January day where the outdoor temperature is 23 degrees, and all of a sudden your heat turns off and won’t turn back on. Your house will get cold very shortly and be to the point where you cannot comfortably be in it.
Contact us so we can come to you and get your heater fixed as quickly and efficiently as possible. Don’t let your heating unit keep you out in the cold this winter.
Nobody likes when their heating unit breaks down, and they dislike even more having to have the unit fixed and paying a repair bill. Good maintenance of your unit can help prevent this from happening to you. Give us a call in the fall so we can perform some basic maintenance on your unit. Regardless if you’re using an oil furnace or electric, we can service your unit to make sure that it keeps you warm throughout the entire winter and won’t leave you in the cold.
