Christmas Decor Stresses Safety for Holidays
Professional Holiday and Event Decorating Company Provides Useful Tips
(firmenpresse) - LUBBOCK, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/11 -- According to the Home Safety Council, four out of five U.S. households plan to use ladders around their homes to prepare for the holiday season. Annually, during the two months surrounding the holiday season, more than 14,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms due to injuries related to holiday decorating.
Christmas Decor provides its clients with professional holiday and event decorating, eliminating unnecessary accidents. The company's designers are trained to execute lighting displays on high roofs, ladders, and in tricky situations. According to Blake Smith, president of Christmas Decor, the company's installation crews are professionally trained and use the utmost of care when decorating a client's home, without damaging moldings, roofing, or architectural elements.
"Homeowners are simply not following proper safety practices," said Smith. "These unsafe practices can lead to major injury and even death, turning the holidays from a time of celebration into a time of tragedy."
Christmas Decor always recommends using a professional for holiday decorating because of potential injuries caused by falling and electrocution, but is providing the following tips to improve safe practices for homeowners insistent on doing it themselves:
Eighty-two percent of consumers reported climbing on chairs, counters, shelves and other pieces of furniture when decorating for the holidays, according to the Home Safety Council. Invest in a sturdy and reliable ladder that can adapt to different heights according to your needs.
Secure ladders on even ground, don't stand on the top two steps of a ladder, and don't reach further than you should when decorating around windows.
As easy as it may be, do not string lights while they are plugged in. If your ladder is aluminum, it will conduct electricity and an error can cause electrocution.
Alcohol consumption when climbing ladders can lead to injury and death. Also, decorate when the sun is up. Decorating at night is dangerous.
- The Home Safety Councils stresses that you check the color-coded UL (Underwriters Laboratories) mark on the product's package if you are unsure whether the light strings are for indoor or outdoor use. A green holographic UL mark indicates indoor use only, while a red one indicates that the product is safe for both indoor and outdoor use.
- Ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) prevent electric shock. Plug outdoor electric lights and decorations into circuits protected by them. Portable GFCIs provide flexibility in using receptacles that are not GFCI-protected, and are often used outdoors.
"Hopefully, homeowners will leave it to the pros," added Smith. "If not, we recommend these tips to help keep area residents safe and healthy for the holiday season."
To learn more about safety for holiday decorating, visit the company's website at .
Since its inception in 1986, Christmas Decor has risen to become the premier holiday lighting and decorating company in North America. The Texas-based company was founded by Blake Smith as an off-season supplement to his landscape business and as a method to provide year-round work for employees. Christmas Decor quickly emerged as a viable business opportunity and today, operates in more than 350 markets in 48 states and Canada. Plans are underway to open locations in more than 100 new markets through franchise expansion in select communities around the country. Christmas Decor is highly revered in its field and has received consistent recognition for its efforts; some highlights include having been named one of a Top Ten Home Improvement Franchises for 2008 by Entrepreneur Magazine and AOL Small Business. Christmas Decor's parent company, The Decor Group, also offers the Nite Time Decor franchise opportunity, a growing 30-unit concept specializing in architectural and landscape lighting services. For more information, visit .
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