Christmas Festival Safety Guidelines and Tips

Christmas Festival Safety Guidelines and Tips 👈

Christmas is an annual religious and cultural festival observed primarily on the 25th day of December every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. People get together, at home, celebrate the festival with full zeal. For this magical day, the houses are decorated well, there are treats for the kids, young and old people. People start preparations days ago to celebrate this beautiful day.

As the preparations are done, and people get together, the chances of the accident occurring increase gradually because of many lurking hazards beneath this merriment. It is the moral responsibility of everyone to ensure the event is celebrated safely and with full care, arrangements are made. A little negligence can lead to severe consequences if any kind of dangerous activity is performed. For this purpose, it is necessary to prepare a list of items and activities that are to be done to ensure all arrangements and items are free of hazards, the house is safe and any damaged equipment, light, or other item is removed before use. 

1. Trees

A Christmas tree is placed at home decorated with lights that are powered by the home's electric supply. The power plug of the tree is inserted into the switchboard and lights work in different patterns e.g., blinking. 

Many Christmas trees are fire-resistant due to artificial timber whereas few are made of wood timber. It must be remembered the fire-resistant declaration should be available with the tree when purchasing it. If it is made of wood timber, it must be treated with fire-resistant paint, etc. 

A few points should be remembered when purchasing the Tree;

• The power cord and power plug should be fire-rated able to hold the voltage, as well as in good condition. The insulation should be in good condition.
• The lights should be properly working, damaged lights should be removed. Lights should not be modified at home. An experienced and trained technician should do it.
• The tree should be fire-resistant and if it is made of wood timber, it should be treated.
• The needles of the tree are difficult to pull.
• The tree's bottom comes with an adhesive surface to keep it standing and stick with flooring.

2. Electrical Wiring & Lighting

• Indoor and outdoor lights are in good condition, working properly. Damaged lights are removed and replaced immediately.
• Trained, competent, and experienced technicians will install the lighting, and replace the damaged ones.
• Check every light before use for broken body, frayed or naked wiring. If any wiring is without insulation, replace it immediately.
• Outdoor lights should be fastened to the tree timber, wall, roof, etc to ensure they are secure.
• Sockets should not be overloaded. Use separate sockets for multiple lights.
• The tree should be placed away from, heat-producing sources to keep the lights, wiring safe from getting damaged.
• The tree should be placed indoor away from traffic.
• Don't use electrical lighting on the metallic surface.
• The lights should be kept away from the children.

3. Candles

• Don't place the candles on the trees or nearby.
• The candle should be placed in a holder, made up of non-flammable material.
• Any ignitable material should be placed away from the candle e.g., paper, wrapping sheet. 
• When leaving the house, ensure the candles have been put off.
• Ensure children don't touch the candle, any wrong activity can ignite the fire.

4. Decoration

• If children are at home, don't use decoration items with sharp edges.
• Don't use items that can break easily.
• Trimmed branches of the tree and other small size items should be kept away from children as they can ingest them.
• Don't use any item of candy shape, accidentally, kids can eat it.
• Power plugs should be properly covered, and ensure no kid touch it.

5. Paper

• For decoration, try to use fire-resistant paper.
• Don't place the trimmed papers near the candle, a heat-producing source.
• Remove the paper and wrapping sheets from the Christmas tree, candles before use.
• Discard the papers properly, in a safe manner to avoid fire incidents.

6. General Rules

• Don't hand over lights, candles to the kids.
• Keep flammable, ignitable, lighters, candles away from kids reach.
• Ensure firefighting equipment is available nearby.
• Don't use water fire extinguishers on fire ignited due to electricity.
• Review all arrangements as well as emergency arrangements.
• Ensure the first aid box is available and full of required items.
• Ensure damaged or expired items are discarded and replaced with new ones.
• Emergency Contact details are available, mentioned on the visible location.