Fire Safety Advice

🔥 Keep Your Home and Family Safe from Fire

A fire can start unexpectedly and spread quickly. Taking a few simple precautions can help protect your home, loved ones, and property.

Top Tips:

🚨 Test your smoke alarms regularly and ensure they are fitted on every level of your home.

🔋 Replace batteries when needed and never remove them from alarms.

🍳 Never leave cooking unattended. Most house fires start in the kitchen.

🔌 Avoid overloading plug sockets and regularly check electrical appliances for damage.

🕯️ Extinguish candles properly and keep them away from curtains, furniture, and other flammable materials.

🚭 Ensure cigarettes and smoking materials are fully extinguished and disposed of safely.

🔥 Keep matches, lighters, and flammable items out of reach of children.

🚪 Plan an escape route and make sure everyone in your household knows what to do in the event of a fire.

🏡 Before going to bed, switch off and unplug electrical appliances where safe to do so, and close internal doors to help slow the spread of fire.

If a fire occurs: 

✅ Get out, stay out, and call 999 immediately. 

✅ Do not attempt to tackle a fire unless it is safe and you have suitable equipment. 

❌ Never re-enter a burning building.

Taking a few moments to check your fire safety could save lives.