Smoke Alarms can give you valuable extra time to escape from a fire and may even save your life!

In the Kitchen

Never leave food cooking on the stove or under the grill unattended.

Be especially careful with a chip pan or frying pan as fat can catch fire very quickly if it gets too hot.

If you use a chip pan or deep fat fryer, don’t overfill. As a rule never fill the pan more than one third full of fat.

If your chip pan or frying pan does catch fire, call the fire brigade.

Never pour water onto the pan and never try to move the pan while it is hot.

After you have finished cooking, unplug all appliances which are not being used and check that all the rings and burners on the cooker have been turned off

Smoking

Never leave burning cigarettes unattended.  

Never tap hot ash into a waste paper basket. Instead always use a deep ash tray, placed where it cannot be knocked over.

When sitting down, place your cigarette or pipe in the ash tray to prevent hot ash dropping on to your clothes or chair.

When you have finished your cigarette, make sure you stub it out properly, never leave it burning in the ash tray.

At the end of the day wet the ash and cigarette butts under a tap and throw them away into a metal container.

Never smoke in bed.

Never leave lit candles unattended or burn them while you are asleep.

Always use a proper holder. Don’t stick a candle to a saucer with hot wax.

Keep candles away from draughts and flammable materials.

Night-lights must always be placed in a heat proof container as the base becomes hot enough to cause a fire.

Before you go to bed

Check all heaters are off and place guards in front of open fires.

Switch off all unused electrical appliances at the socket and if possible unplug them for extra safety.

Close all your internal doors, particularly unoccupied rooms such as the kitchen, front room and dining room.

Extinguish any candles that are burning.

Make sure all the burners or rings on your cooker are off.

Wet your ash and cigarette butts and throw away in a safe container.

Remember, never smoke in bed.