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Fire and home safety - Protect yourself and your home
Fire
safety - Fire kills
You can reduce the risks of fire to virtually zero. The 'Fire Kills' website gives useful fire avoidance advice and explains what to do, what to check and what to do to help avoid a fire happening in your home. It also contains advice on what to do in the event of a fire. The 'Fire Kills' website has information available on :
- Fire safety information
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- Free home fire risk assessment
- Find your nearest fire and rescue service
- A quick guide to fire safety
- Fire safety in the home
- Fire safety outdoors
- Celebrating safely
- Keeping your children safe
- Information for ...
- Homeowners
- Parents and child carers
- Disabled people
- Landlords and tenants
- Teachers and school staff
- Students
- Firefighters
- Go to the 'Fire Kills' website (http://firekills.direct.gov.uk/index.html)
Home Safety Network (HSN)
The Home Safety Network (HSN) website aims to help reduce the high toll of serious home accidents in the UK, and is intended to help inform safety professionals and the public of the hazards.
The HSN brings together advice on what to do in the event of various incidents as well as information, research and publicity materials produced by DTI and others about topics such as : General home safety, burns and scalds, carbon monoxide, chemicals, choking, clothing fires, DIY accidents, drowning, electric blankets, falls, fireworks, gardens & bikes, and packaging.
- Go to the Home Safety Network website (www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/Safety/index.html)
See also :
- Fire safety in the home (Directgov website) (www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/InYourHome/FireSafety/index.htm)
- Fire safety outside the home (Directgov website) (www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/InYourHome/Escapingandrecoveringfromafire/index.htm)
- UK fire and rescue service (Directgov website) (www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/InYourHome/FireSafety/DG_071763)
- Fire kills (Directgov website) (http://firekills.direct.gov.uk/index.html)
- Fire safety law and guidance documents for business (Communities and local government website) (www.communities.gov.uk/fire/firesafety/firesafetylaw/)
