Contact: Nancy Lindemeyer
Phone: (363) 373-3642

City Asks for Help in Preventing Accidental Fires

GREENSBORO, NC -- (December 4, 2008) -- The City of Greensboro Field Operations Department needs your help in preventing fires in City trash and recycling collection trucks. With the onset of cold weather, the potential for accidental fire increases. Fires that occur in City trucks can ruin the hydraulic and electronic automated systems in these vehicles.

Please remember: 

• Hot ashes should never be placed in your trash container. They can start a fire in your container or in City trucks. To dispose of ashes, let them cool, then put them in a tied plastic bag before placing in your trash container. 
  
• Remove all batteries from items you dispose of. Batteries can spark and cause fires when deposited in City trucks. All batteries should be taken to the City’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center at 2750 Patterson Street for free disposal. 
  
• Gasoline and motor oil should never be placed in your trash container. Empty these fluids from any motorized equipment you are disposing of and take them to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center.

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