Warming heart open to the general public on the Cox Conference Heart
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – If you have trouble staying warm these days, city guides want you to know you can go somewhere.
Oklahoma City and the American Red Cross of Central and Southwest Oklahoma are opening a warmth center for those in need at the Cox Convention Center.
The center is open until 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 29th.
Officials emphasize that this is not an overnight option and they will continue to consider the need for a warming center after Thursday if necessary.
In addition to warmth, the warmth center offers snacks, water, and electrical outlets.
EMBARK offers a free bus and tram service to and from the heating station.
Free parking spaces are available in the parking garage of the Cox Center directly below the Cox Convention Center.
Visitors must wear face covering when they come to the warming station and keep a distance of at least two meters between you and anyone outside your home.
Be sure to use alternative heating sources
Home fires are common in winter because dangerous heating sources are not used properly. Here are some tips from the fire brigade:
- Make sure that working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are properly installed in your home. Alarms should be installed in each sleeping area, outside of each separate sleeping area, and on every level of the house. Test your smoke alarms monthly and put in new batteries twice a year when the time changes.
- Space heaters need space. Keep space heaters at least three feet away from flammable objects (furniture, bedding, curtains, etc.). Turn off space heaters when you leave the room or go to bed.
- Keep all combustible materials away from floor stoves.
- Remove all combustibles from the central heating cabinets.
- Use a metal grille to hold logs in fireplaces. Use an approved metal or glass screen in front of fireplaces to prevent embers from flying into the house from the fire box.
- Make sure the fire in the fireplace is completely extinguished before you go to bed.
- Have chimneys checked and / or cleaned annually by a qualified chimney sweep specialist.
- Do not put hot fireplace ash in dumpsters. Place the ashes in a sealed metal container and store them outside the home for a few days before disposing of them for good.
- Remember to open the hatch before lighting the fireplace.
- Never use your stove to heat your home.
- Use portable generators outside and far from home. Position the device so that fumes and deadly carbon monoxide cannot enter the house through doors, windows, or air vents.
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