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BISBEE â In order to reduce the risk of fire here at the holidays and beyond, the Bisbee Fire Department is offering local residents with dangerous, inefficient electric heaters who may not have the money to replace them the opportunity to turn them in and get replacements.
Firefighter/EMT Robert Cline, president of union Local 2146, said he had exchanged six electric heaters so far. The ones turned in were definitely a potential risk.
âIn addition to being more efficient, new heaters feature a tipâover kill switch. If they are accidentally knocked over, a sensor shuts off the heater, greatly reducing the risk of fire,â Cline said.