This section gives you vital fire safety advice to help you reduce the risk of a fire in your home and ensure you know what to do should the worst happen.
Get a smoke alarm: The best way to protect you and your family from fire is to have a working smoke alarm and to test the battery every week. Book a free home safety visit with us, firefighters will come to your home and fit a free smoke alarm with 10 year batteries. They will also give you fire safety advice, help you identify specific risks in your home and ensure you have an effective escape plan should a fire break out. Call 0800 169 0320 to arrange.
Use a thermostat-controlled deep-fat fryer: Cooking is one of the most common causes of house fires. Use a deep fat fryer instead of a chip pan, the safety cut-out device controls the temperature to stop the oil or fat overheating.
Be careful with electrical appliances: Switch off and unplug appliances like TVs, washing machines and tumble driers. They aren’t designed to be left switched on. Use the right fuse. Don’t overload sockets. Don’t run cables under carpets.
Take care if you smoke at home, or when drinking alcohol: Don’t just stub out your cigarette, empty the ashtray and pour water over cigarette ends before putting them in the bin outside. Using alcohol or drugs can make you more vulnerable to having a fire in the home, take extra care.
Think about how you would get out of the house if you do have a fire: You don’t need to be an expert to make an escape plan. Just think it through. Then tell everyone that lives in the house what that plan is.
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