Home Safety

Top 10 Home Safety Tips

• Fit a smoke alarm and check it regularly
• Make a fire action plan so that everyone in your house knows how to escape in the event of fire
• Take care when cooking with hot oil and think about using thermostatically controlled deep fat fryers
• Never leave lit candles unattended
• Ensure cigarettes are stubbed out and disposed of carefully
• Never smoke in bed
• Keep matches and lighters away from children
• Keep clothing away from heating appliances
• Take care in the kitchen! Accidents whilst cooking account for 59% of fires in the home
• Take special care when you are tired or when you've been drinking. Half of all deaths in domestic fires happen between 10pm and 8am.