Homeowner Tips - Energy Efficient Lightbulbs September 1st, 2009 Did you know that you should NOT use flourescent light bulbs with dimmer switches?  Not only does it burn them out faster (three bulbs in one week - according to the homeowner who called the Liberty Corner Fire Company this evening)...but it is a potential fire hazard!  My husband, a firefighter with the Liberty Corner Volunteer Fire Company in Bernards Township, came home from a call and said, blog it: Energy saving flourscent bulbs (the energy efficient curly ones as well as the straight tube ones) can be a fire hazard when used with dimmer switches. Contact me for more information on fire safety or Basking Ridge Real Estate! Tweet This Post   09/03/2009

It's that time of year - houses are being painted, walkways are being paved and power washed, beds are being mulched and decks are being stained...  My husband (and sometimes real estate partner) is the 2nd Assistant Chief at Liberty Corner Fire Company in Basking Ridge.  The tones sounded just after 1:30 one morning last week and the team was called to fight a structure fire here in town.  I was thankful when he came home around 6:45 and said that everyone was safe and the house wasn't completely destroyed.  I asked if he knew what caused the fire - but he didn't.  It didn't matter - they got it out, and that's what was really important.  Later in the day, we were chatting again about it and he said that he had a hunch that rags were left in the garage when they shouldn't have been.  I... 07/13/2009