{"id":3407,"date":"2024-12-03T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:01:30","slug":"unplug-to-unwind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2024\/12\/03\/unplug-to-unwind\/","title":{"rendered":"Unplug to unwind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaving small electrical devices on charge overnight has been the cause of multiple house fires in recent years, so <strong>Dorset &amp; Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service <\/strong>(DWFRS) is urging people to &#8216;Unplug to Unwind\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only large appliances such as fridges are designed to be left switched on all the time, so ensuring that everything else is unplugged before you go to bed is a simple routine that could protect your home from fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help reduce the risk of a fire in your home, take these simple steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make sure an electrical appliance has a British or European safety mark when you buy it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only buy your electrical chargers from a reputable source.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never leave items on charge when you are sleeping or when you are not at home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t overload sockets.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regularly check for frayed or worn cables and wires.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Register your appliances to receive notification of safety alerts or product recalls at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.registermyappliance.org.uk.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.registermyappliance.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information about the Unplug To Unwind campaign can be found on the DWFRS website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dwfire.org.uk\/unplug-to-unwind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.dwfire.org.uk\/unplug-to-unwind\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2024\/12\/03\/unplug-to-unwind\/unplugtounwind_nightime_building-oct24\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/UnplugToUnwind_Nightime_Building-Oct24.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"UnplugToUnwind_Nightime_Building Oct24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/UnplugToUnwind_Nightime_Building-Oct24.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/UnplugToUnwind_Nightime_Building-Oct24.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3408\" style=\"width:433px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving small electrical devices on charge overnight has been the cause of multiple house fires in recent years, so Dorset &amp; Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) is urging people to &#8216;Unplug to Unwind\u2019. Only large appliances such as fridges are designed to be left switched on all the time, so ensuring that everything else&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2024\/12\/03\/unplug-to-unwind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unplug to unwind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-notice","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MmHE-SX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 21:54:32","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3409,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions\/3409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}