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The holiday season is a time for celebration, not massive emotional trauma. Having a fire isn't just bad for your mental state or your survival, it's also bad for the environment. The fire will burn and pollute the air. It can gut the house and incinerate everything you own. You can't repair the lump of goo that was once a couch and you can't repurpose a pile of ash. Countless resources are spent each year to rebuild homes destroyed by fires. And God forbid that someone should die. You can't replace a life. With these thoughts in mind, lets look at some ways to protect your home this holiday season.
