Home Fire Safety

The fire service visits your home, gives fire safety advice tailored to you and discusses any risks they find. They also talk through what to do in an emergency. They need your consent to visit, and afterwards they can refer you on for other support if you need it.

If you need them, they can fit smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms for you.

If your home is rented, or is a house in multiple occupation, they cannot fit or replace alarms, as that is the landlord's responsibility. They can still visit and give advice, and contact your landlord if needed.

Anyone with concerns about:

• having no smoke alarms, or none that work
• mobility or sensory impairment, including dementia, that may make it harder to get out in a fire
• smoking inside the home, especially if less mobile
• previous fires or near misses
• electrical safety, such as overloaded sockets or exposed wires
• hoarding or clutter

• Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms
• An escape plan and a bedtime routine, including closing doors
• Cooking and kitchen safety
• Electrical safety and heating
• Candles and naked flames
• Smoking, including vaping
• Hoarding and clutter
• Emollient creams and home oxygen