Don't fill your heater while it is burning. Keep young children away from space heaters-particularly when they are wearing nightgowns. The nightgowns can be sucked in by a draft created by the heater and ignited. If you are using an approved, UL labeled space heater or heating stove in your bedroom, turn off your heater or turn it low before going to bed. When using a fuel burning heater in the bedroom, open the window.
Ventilation prevents suffocation that can be caused by a heater consuming oxygen.
Use ONLY safety listed equipment. When temperatures inside are kept down, a crackling fire in the fireplace is a cozy and cheery way to keep warm but these fires, if not carefully tended, could cause tragedy. Keep a metal screen in front of your fireplace. Flying embers can start fires. Don't use excessive amounts of paper to build roaring fires in fireplaces.