Your Safety
Top Ten Fire Safety Tips for Your Home
- Fit a smoke alarm and check it is working regularly
- Make a fire action plan so that everyone in your household knows how to escape in the event of a fire
- Take care when cooking with hot oil; use a thermostatically controlled hot fat fryer
- Never leave lit candles unattended
- Ensure cigarettes are stubbed out and disposed of carefully
- Never smoke in bed
- Keep matches and lighters out of reach of children
- Keep clothing away from heating appliances
- Take extra special care in the kitchen- cooking accidents account for 59% of fires in the home
- Take care when you’re tired or when you’re been drinking. Half of all deaths in domestic fires happen in the evening, between 10pm & 8am
Home Fire Safety
Two in three people who died in domestic fires had a smoke alarm.....
.............
that didn't work!
Check your smoke alarm every week - Push the button, not your luck!
There are some very simple steps you can take to help protect you and your family from fire. Find out how to keep your family and friends safe:
Road Safety
The Fire and Rescue Service attend around twice as many road incidents as domestic house fires each year.
Road Safety Campaign
