Please check out the tabs to your left, or above if on a mobile phone, for specific pages around the different elements of fire safety in the home.

Our top 10 tips for staying safe at home are:

• Make sure you have smoke alarms on every floor of your home
• Smoke alarms save lives, but only if they are working. Please test smoke alarms weekly
• Take extra care in the kitchen and never leave cooking unattended
• Never use a chip pan or any other pan filled with hot oil
• Don’t overload electric sockets– most can only take a maximum of 13 amps
• Keep matches and lighters away from children
• Keep clothes well away from heaters and open fires
• Put out cigarettes properly and dispose of them carefully
• Don’t charge things like mobile phones, tablets or e-cigs overnight, or longer than the recommended charging time
• Plan an escape route and make sure everyone in the house knows how to get out in the event of a fire