Fire Prevention Week Poll: Where does your phone sleep at night while it's charging?

# #FirePreventionWeek

# Phone Charging

# Behavioral Science

Overcoming the "it won't happen to me" bias to get people to charge their phones safely

Joseph Porcelli

Poll question: Where does your phone sleep at night while it's charging? Polls options: → On a nightstand or table → Under my pillow or blanket → On the bed or couch → Wherever it lands, I don't think about it → Somewhere else

Poll description: Lithium-ion batteries power almost everything we charge overnight, and where a device charges matters as much as how. [Fire Department Name] wants an honest read on how [Your Town] actually charges devices, not the answer we're supposed to give, before we share this year's Fire Prevention Week safe charging tips.

Seed comments, post each separately after publishing: Comment 1: Anyone ever had a phone or laptop get hot enough charging that it worried you? Comment 2: What's your go-to spot for charging devices overnight? Comment 3: NFPA's safe charging tips for lithium-ion devices: https://www.firepreventionweek.org

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