Weather_NN1 keys_NN2 rash_NN1 of_IO boiler_NN1 fire_NN1 calls_VVZ Fire_NN1 crews_NN2 were_VBDR called_VVN to_II a_AT1 multifamily_RR building_VVG on_II Dexter_NP1 Street_NNL1 Thursday_NPD1 night_NNT1 for_IF a_AT1 boiler_NN1 fire_NN1 ,_, one_MC1 of_IO about_RG 15_MC to_II 20_MC boiler-related_JJ problems_NN2 they_PPHS2 've_VH0 responded_VVN to_II this_DD1 week_NNT1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 the_AT Fire_NN1 Department_NN1 ._. 
People_NN in_II a_AT1 first-floor_NN1 apartment_NN1 at_II 211_MC Dexter_NP1 St._NNL1 were_VBDR evacuated_VVN ,_, Providence_NP1 Fire_NN1 Battalion_NN1 Chief_NNB Timothy_NP1 McDaniel_NP1 said_VVD Friday_NPD1 morning_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT smoke_NN1 was_VBDZ so_RG heavy_JJ in_II the_AT basement_NN1 because_II21 of_II22 the_AT boiler_NN1 ,_, we_PPIS2 could_VM n't_XX even_RR see_VVI the_AT floor_NN1 ,_, McDaniel_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
At_II this_DD1 time_NNT1 of_IO year_NNT1 ,_, as_CSA temperatures_NN2 drop_VV0 and_CC people_NN begin_VV0 starting_VVG their_APPGE boilers_NN2 ,_, fire_NN1 crews_NN2 are_VBR often_RR called_VVN to_TO respond_VVI to_II boiler_NN1 fires_NN2 and_CC other_JJ problems_NN2 ,_, McDaniel_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
They_PPHS2 responded_VVD to_II about_RG 10_MC boiler-related_JJ problems_NN2 last_MD week_NNT1 and_CC perhaps_RR five_MC the_AT week_NNT1 before_RT ,_, McDaniel_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
Given_VVN past_II experience_NN1 ,_, McDaniel_NP1 said_VVD the_AT problems_NN2 will_VM likely_RR level_VVI off_RP at_II 10_MC to_II 20_MC a_AT1 week_NNT1 until_CS heating_NN1 systems_NN2 around_II the_AT state_NN1 have_VH0 been_VBN up_RP and_CC running_VVG for_IF a_AT1 few_DA2 weeks_NNT2 and_CC problems_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN caught_VVN ._. 
He_PPHS1 recommends_VVZ that_CST people_NN call_VV0 a_AT1 heating_NN1 professional_NN1 each_DD1 year_NNT1 to_TO check_VVI their_APPGE heating_NN1 systems_NN2 ._. 
Some_DD heating-oil_JJ companies_NN2 and_CC plumbers_NN2 concur_VV0 that_CST now_RT is_VBZ a_AT1 busy_JJ time_NNT1 of_IO year_NNT1 for_IF them_PPHO2 ,_, as_CSA customers_NN2 preparing_VVG to_II fire-up_NN1 their_APPGE systems_NN2 call_VV0 for_IF annual_JJ cleanings_NN2 and_CC inspections_NN2 ._. 
A_AT1 typical_JJ service_NN1 call_NN1 to_TO clean_VVI an_AT1 oil-based_JJ heating_NN1 system_NN1 takes_VVZ about_RG an_AT1 hour_NNT1 ,_, says_VVZ Leo_NP1 Lusignan_NP1 ,_, the_AT owner_NN1 of_IO Savard_NP1 Oil_NN1 Company_NN1 Inc._JJ in_II East_ND1 Providence_NP1 ._. 
His_APPGE family-owned_JJ company_NN1 ,_, with_IW about_RG 600_MC to_II 700_MC customers_NN2 ,_, has_VHZ been_VBN busy_JJ this_DD1 week_NNT1 with_IW unscheduled_JJ calls_NN2 for_IF heating-system_JJ checks_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD Friday_NPD1 afternoon_NNT1 You_PPY should_VM have_VHI seen_VVN me_PPIO1 earlier_RRR today_RT ._. 
Since_CS the_AT company_NN1 gets_VVZ busy_JJ now_RT with_IW oil_NN1 deliveries_NN2 as_RR21 well_RR22 ,_, he_PPHS1 encourages_VVZ his_APPGE customers_NN2 to_TO get_VVI their_APPGE systems_NN2 checked_VVN over_II the_AT summer_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT Oil_NN1 Heat_NN1 Institute_NN1 of_IO Rhode_NP1 Island_NNL1 ,_, a_AT1 trade_NN1 group_NN1 that_CST represents_VVZ oil_NN1 dealers_NN2 in_II the_AT state_NN1 ,_, recommends_VVZ that_CST home-owners_NN2 hire_VV0 technicians_NN2 with_IW pipefitter-electrical_JJ licenses_NN2 to_TO check_VVI their_APPGE heating_NN1 systems_NN2 ,_, said_VVD president_NN1 Michael_NP1 Januario_NP1 ._. 
Januario_NN1 also_RR runs_VVZ Sunshine_NN1 Oil_NN1 Company_NN1 in_II Bristol_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ he_PPHS1 says_VVZ has_VHZ 3,000_MC to_II 4,000_MC customers_NN2 in_II the_AT East_ND1 Bay_NN1 region_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 've_VH0 been_VBN busy_JJ ,_, too_RR ,_, with_IW customers_NN2 calling_VVG to_TO schedule_VVI safety_NN1 inspections_NN2 ._. 
This_DD1 is_VBZ typically_RR a_AT1 very_RG busy_JJ time_NNT1 of_IO year_NNT1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
People_NN tend_VV0 to_TO think_VVI that_CST &lsqb;_( safety_NN1 inspections_NN2 of_IO boilers_NN2 &rsqb;_) have_VH0 to_TO be_VBI done_VDN in_II the_AT fall_NN1 ,_, but_CCB they_PPHS2 can_VM be_VBI done_VDN any_DD time_NNT1 of_IO the_AT year_NNT1 ._. 
