FIRE DEPARTMENT
NEWS RELEASE
February 10, 2009
El Paso Fire Department Officials are asking the public to take extra precautions during the windy conditions being forecast for the El Paso area today and offer these safety tips:
• Conduct a home hazard hunt and perimeter search, in which you inspect your home for items
that can move, fall, break or cause a fire
• Make trees more wind resistant by removing diseased and damaged limbs
• Move or secure lawn furniture, outdoor decorations or ornaments, trash cans, hanging plants
and anything else that can be picked up by wind and become a projectile
• Slow down when driving and have enough distance with the car in front of you due to blowing
dust lowering visibility
• Do not attempt to remove any electrical wires that fall on your homes and vehicles; call 911
immediately
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