The holiday season is traditionally a festive time of year, yet it is too often a time of tragedy and loss as well. Winter holiday fires are more severe than the average fire during the year across all loss measures. Holiday decoration and Christmas tree fires, in particular, are substantially more damaging than other fires, resulting in twice the injuries and five times the fatalities per fire as the average winter fire.

You can help prevent holiday tragedies,
but you don't have to do it alone.

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is conducting a holiday safety awareness campaign to encourage families and communities across the country to Make Safety a Tradition of the holiday season.

ESFI is providing a variety of FREE holiday safety resources you can use to increase awareness in your own community.

Many of these new tools were developed with funds provided by a Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant from DHS/FEMA.

• Help kids Plug In to Holiday Safety with a new classroom program that communicates critical holiday safety messages about decorating, cooking, space heaters, smoke alarms, and more. Kids can learn even more and test their safety knowledge with fun cartoon videos and online games in the Kids' Corner.
• Spread your holiday safety message in just 60 seconds, using one of four new video public service announcements (PSAs) available for download: Holiday Fire Safety, Children and Holiday Safety, Preventing Holiday Decorating Hazards, and Holiday Cooking and Child Safety.
• Prepare your community for all sorts of holiday activities with easy safety tips from the ESFI Holiday Safety Community Toolkit.

Find these resources and more at www.holidaysafety.org.