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Subscribers have these camera-ready features copied to use in educating customers and prospective customers. They print them in their company newsletters, give them to the news media, share them with local fire prevention personnel, insurance people, real estate agents and others. Freebie Public Service Articles are presented on a variety of subjects relating to home heating system maintenance and safety. Freebies appear in nearly every issue. On average a new
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the best from past issues. RECENT FREEBIE PUBLIC SERVICE ARTICLE TOPICS: December 2008 - Money Saving Measures for Your Fireplace November 2008 - Making Safe Holiday Memories October 2008 - Fireplace Design Makeover September 2008 - When Was the Last Time Anyone Took a Close Look at Your Chimney? August 2008 - Fall Prevention Tips for Employees July 2008 - Your Carbon Footprint: How to Lighten Your Step May-June 2008 - Why Your Chimney Needs a Cap April 2008 - Protect Yourself And Your Family From Carbon Monoxide March 2008 - Beware of Chimney Scams January-February 2008 -- Replace Old Heat Tapes with Safer, Certified New Ones December 2007 - Don't Let the Holidays Go Up in Smoke November 2007 - A Fire Marshal's Guide to Gift Giving October 2007 - Pyrolysis Causes Fires September 2007 - A Guide to Good Firewood August 2007 - Protect Your Home with a Fire Sprinkler System July 2007 - Portable Generator Hazards May-June 2007 - Selling Your Home? Hire a Chimney Sweep April 2007 -- Earthquake Preparedness: Damaged Chimneys Can Kill! March 2007 - Keeping the Chimney Cap's Screen Clean Jan-Feb 2007 - Why Your Catalytic Wood Stove Shouldn't Be Operated Without Its Combustor December 2006 -- A Season For Sharing Fire Safety November 2006 -- Burn Clean to Protect Air Quality October 2006 - Do Your Smoke Alarms Work? September 2006 -- Fire Safety Training Can Save Your Child's Life August 2006 - The Damage Water Can Do to Your Chimney and How You Can Prevent it July 2006 -- Protect Your Home from Wildfire! April 2006 - Why You Should Hire a Chimney Sweep Now Instead of Waiting 'Til Autumn March 2006 -- Why Furnace Flues Need Yearly Inspection and Cleaning Jan-Feb 2006 - Bill Paynton's Diagnostic Tool November 2005 - The Do's and Don'ts Of Heating Safety October 2005 - Why You Should Call A Chimney Sweep September 2005 - What To Expect When You Get Your Chimney Swept August 2005 - Plan Your Fire Escape May-June 2005 - Problems with Decorative Shrouds April 2005 - Raccoons in Your Chimney March 2005 - The Masonry Stoves of Europe Gain a Foothold in North America Jan-Feb 2005 - The Hazards of a Cold House December 2004 - Holiday Fire Safety Tips September 2004 - Preventing Downdrafts Using Bernoulli's Principle August 2004 - Stuck in the Chimney and Can't Get Out! April 2004 - Swifts in Your Chimney March 2004 - Use Caution with Space Heaters and Fireplaces Jan-Feb 2004 - Who Will Clean Out My Dryer Vent? December 2003 - Decorate Safely for the Holidays November 2003 - A Guide to Heating with Wood July 2003 - Safe Refueling and Fuel Handling Guidelines May-June 2003 - Aluminum Wiring Hazard Can Be Repaired April 2003 - Watch Out for Overhead Power Lines March 2003 - Your Neglected Heating System Could Kill You December 2002 - Winter Safety Watch November 2002 - A Sweep Can Do So Much More Than A Log October 2002 - Defining Perfection: Ten Characteristics of Succesful Stove and Fireplace Systems July 2002 - Be Careful on that Ladder! November 2001 -- Have a Happy Fire-Safe Holiday Season! December 2000 -- That Mysterious Soot Might Be From Candles November 2000 -- Fire Stops with You! October 2000 -- A Concise Guide to High Performance Woodburning July 2000 -- The Homeowner, The Chimney Sweep and The Home Inspector May-June 2000 -- Chimney Inspections Standardized! March 2000 -- Steps to Sweeping a Regular Masonry Fireplace December 1999 -- Chimney Fire! November 1999 -- Selecting and Locating a Chimney You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the two available sample Back Page Freebies. If you don't already have it, you can download from here: Adobe Reader Links: Back Page Freebies are one of our most popular subscription benefits! Subscribe to SNEWS - The Chimney Sweep News CALL 541-882-5196 (Pacific Time Zone)
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