Coronation Street on-screen sisters, Helen Flanagan and Brooke Vincent (aka Rosie and Sophie Webster), along with a host of other famous faces – including Amir Khan, Ainsley Harriet, Jill Halfpenny, Sir Terry Wogan, Darren Campbell, James Martin, Barry Cryer, Dave Spikey, Nihal and Bobby Friction – are all making a pledge to test their smoke alarm every week.  This is a vital step in helping the nation to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by accidental house fires.

Eighty five per cent of people own a smoke alarm, but worryingly less than a third test them every week.  This is despite the fact that you are more than twice as likely to die in an accidental house fire if you don’t have a working smoke alarm.

Safelincs is one of the partners of the government’s Fire Kills campaign and has developed a free service to remind people to regularly test their batteries and to change them each year. To register with this free service, just visit www.safelincs.co.uk/reminders

Sir Terry Wogan, who suffered a house fire himself, says: “I had a fire at home last year, and can vouch to the excellence of our local fire and rescue service, but if it hadn’t been for the smoke alarm, even they might have been too late to help, and the consequences could have been fatal for me and my family. I’ll make sure that my smoke alarm is tested weekly.”

Sir Ken Knight, the Government’s Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser says: “A smoke alarm can buy valuable time to escape from a fire, but only if it’s working properly. It’s not enough to just install smoke alarms in your home – you must test them every week. The main reason that smoke alarms fail to activate is missing or flat batteries – if the battery needs replacing, do this immediately.”

If you order one or more Dorgards all items in your order will be shipped free of charge. Dorgard is the legal way to keeping your fire door open without wedges or fire extinguishers propped against the fire door to get air circulation or to make it easier to pass between rooms.

For more information on the Dorgard, please see the Dorgard fire door retainer page on our website

Safelincs see these interactions as an important part of supporting the local community but also as part of the solution to the lack of specialist web design and web development  skills needed for our industry.

Following a similar presentation a few weeks ago, one of the students on the IT Diploma course at the same Grammar school started a longer term placement with Safelincs. He will design an entire website aimed at building a brand for a new range of fire extinguishers introduced by Safelincs. These fire extinguishers will be Ultrafire branded and will come in two distinctive lines (Ultrafire blackline and Ultrafire redline).

The audit took one day, with the assessor using a sampling method to ensure that the system was being implemented and maintained according to the standard of this accreditation.

This audit is part of the three year continuous assessment programme to ensure that all elements of the quality management system and BAFE are met.

Safelincs passed with flying colours and we received much positive feedback for our continuous improvement work and our outstanding customer service.

The Innohome stove alarm is a brand new product to the fire safety market, alarming when a hob is left on or a pan boils dry.  With clever technology, the Stove Alarm can learn from its environment and tracks the rate of heat increase conveyed by the cooker.

This clever, palm-sized alarm is designed to fit in unobtrusively with your kitchen’s design and will alert you before a cooker fire might occur.  The Stove Alarm is ideal for everybody leading a very busy life and those of us who are a touch forgetful.

In February the lucky winner was Jim Steel of  Urmston, Manchester.  All he had to do was fill out a customer survey questionnaire and he was immediately entered into the prize draw.

Jim said “I found Safelincs to be one of the best websites for safety supplies for our business as it gave good information about the products I was interested in, also having a large range of health & safety products to choose from.  The website was easy to use and well laid out with good quality photographs and it also helped to clearly identify other products which would be beneficial for our business. I would certainly use the Safelincs website again especially as I also found your advice, delivery and efficiency to be excellent throughout.”

Don’t miss the chance to enter, simply place your order at www.safelincs.co.uk

Good Luck !

The student will be working with us on a consultancy research proposal looking at ways to expand our services to Spain. Some of the focus will be on identifying suitable fire safety companies with sufficient English language knowledge and to explore possible joint marketing opportunities.

After an inspection, that took place in April 2009, failings in the fire detection and alarm systems were evident, as well as a lack of external means of escape and fire door provision.

Although a fire risk assessment had been carried out in 2008 detailing failings in a number of areas no remedial actions were implemented.

It is a legal obligation for Hotel owners to carry out and act on the findings of a fire risk assessment.

http://www.info4fire.com/news-content/full/hotel-company-convicted-of-fire-safety-offences

We were saddened when Cadbury was taken over by US food giant Kraft, making it no longer a British owned company, but as Kraft had pledged not to close any of the factories down, we continued to buy their products.

Now with the announcement of the first closure of the Somerset plant, Somerdale, it appears that Kraft are going against the pledges made to push the deal through.

Safelincs are now in a quandary whether to continue to buy Cadbury products or to search for alternative snacks. With the British economy still struggling to get back on to an even keel, we are looking at ways to support local businesses with our custom. At the moment we are considering products created by our Alford bakeries. Watch this space for the outcome, while I try another taster!

Chip pans can easily cause a fire with devastating effects. The oil gets very hot and can over heat causing it to combust and start a fire. If pans are left unattended the risk of this happening rises. Many people panic and throw water over the pan to put the fire out. The water and oil react with each other in such a way that burning oil can spill over the side of the pan and ignite other sources outside of the chip pan causing the fire to spread rapidly.

If you are enjoying chips, which celebrate 150 years this year, by cooking them yourself at home make sure that you are fully prepared and follow our simple safety tips to keep you, your family and your home safe during National Chip Week.

How to deal with a chip pan fire

If your chip pan were to ignite place a fire blanket over it or if you do not have a fire blanket place a damp cloth over the pan.

• Turn off the heat and leave the chip pan to cool. DO NOT TAKE IT OUTSIDE! This could cause the fire to flare up again when it comes into contact with the air
• Ensure you have a fire blanket in the kitchen and/or a suitable fire extinguisher
• Ensure you have a heat alarm installed in the kitchen to alert you to a fire

Safety tips:

• Never leave your chip pan unattended whilst cooking or let yourself be distracted.
• Always ensure that you know how to deal with a chip pan fire.
• Check your smoke/heat alarm is working on a regular basis.
• Make sure that you do not put wet chips into a pan full of very hot oil.

Safelincs can provide you with all your fire safety needs. Follow the links below if you are interested in any of the following products.

• Heat Alarms: Suitable for use in the kitchen, they react to heat not smoke so help to eliviate false alarms
• Fire Blankets: Constructed from fire resisting material and are designed to smoother fires
• Extinguishers for the kitchen:

Specialist fire extinguishers which contain Chemicals which create a smoothering action over the flames and burning oil