• Please do not decorate more than 33 percent of room doors and walls with decorative combustibles
• Do not hang decorations on exit doors, ceilings, sprinkler heads, fire safety equipment, or hand railings
• Do not run electrical wire between or beneath door jambs as this wire pinching may create excessive heat and cause a fire
• Cut Christmas trees, hay bales, or other dried vegetation are prohibited for use inside university buildings
• Use only electrical equipment including extension cords and Christmas tree lights, and other equipment  that bears Underwriters Laboratory (UL) approval tags or other recognized test laboratory designations
• Before leaving for the holidays, disconnect space heaters, decorative lights, personal coffee pots, battery chargers, and other non-essential energy consuming appliances
• Unblock exit paths in rooms, offices, and hallways and have no longer needed furniture and equipment picked up by
• Lower office temperature thermostats to the holiday setting of 55◦F
• At Home: Remember to install fresh batteries in each of your smoke detectors; there should be a smoke detector in each bedroom. Inspect your fire extinguisher and shake up the caked powder inside
• Attempt to open bedroom windows to ensure that they have not been inadvertently painted shut
• Water your live Christmas tree frequently

A wise man once said, “There are two things you should never leave unattended, those being newly poured concrete that needs to be leveled out before it dries; and food on the stove during its cooking process.”

For questions or comments, please contact Dwain Archer at 502-852-3473, or .��

• Please do not decorate more than 33 percent of room doors and walls with decorative combustibles
• Do not hang decorations on exit doors, ceilings, sprinkler heads, fire safety equipment, or hand railings
• Do not run electrical wire between or beneath door jambs as this wire pinching may create excessive heat and cause a fire
• Cut Christmas trees, hay bales, or other dried vegetation are prohibited for use inside university buildings
• Use only electrical equipment including extension cords and Christmas tree lights, and other equipment  that bears Underwriters Laboratory (UL) approval tags or other recognized test laboratory designations
• Before leaving for the holidays disconnect space heaters, decorative lights, personal coffee pots, battery chargers, and other non-essential energy consuming appliances
• Unblock exit paths in rooms, offices, and hallways and have no longer needed furniture and equipment picked up by .��
• Lower office temperature thermostats to the holiday setting of 55◦F
• At Home: Remember to install fresh batteries in each of your smoke detectors; there should be a smoke detector in each bedroom.  Inspect your fire extinguisher and shake up the caked powder inside
• Attempt to open bedroom windows to ensure that they have not been inadvertently painted shut
• Water your live Christmas tree frequently
• A wise man once said, “There are two things you should never leave unattended, those being newly poured concrete that needs to be leveled out before it dries; and food on the stove during its cooking process”

For questions or comments, please contact Dwain Archer at 852-3473. or visit the .��

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Sidharth Puri, MD, a resident physician with UofL’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, was alarmed by the number of fireworks-related injuries he witnessed during his first weekend in the emergency room. He hopes to prevent injuries this year by making Louisville residents aware of the dangers posed by fireworks.

“These are not benign, safe, colorful toys. They are miniaturized explosions and they have to be treated with care. These injuries are preventable,” Puri said. “If we can reach one child or one family member and prevent a firework from going off too near their face and blinding them, that is our goal – to save at least one person’s vision.”

Puri offers the following safety tips:

• Do NOT let young children play with fireworks of any type, even sparklers.
• Always wear protective eyewear when handling fireworks and ensure that all bystanders are also wearing eye protection.
• Leave the lighting of professional-grade fireworks to trained pyrotechnicians.

If an eye injury from fireworks occurs:

• Seek medical attention immediately
• Do not rub your eyes
• Do not rinse your eyes
• Do not apply pressure
• Do not remove any objects that are stuck in the eye
• Do not apply ointments or take any blood-thinning pain medications such as aspirin or ibuprofen

Download a printable PDF file of the eye safety guide .