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Top Ten Safety Tips


How to make your house a safe home:

  • Install 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 a 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 while 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 10 pm and 8 am.