Parades, candles and lanterns as well as dancing dragons are synonymous with Chinese New Year. It is important that amongst all the festivities of this year’s celebrations to start the year of the dragon, fire safety is not forgotten. Here are some important fire safety tips to ensure that you and your family stay safe [...]
Working out what fire safety signs are required for different parts of a building can be very time consuming and at times confusing. The fire safety signs guide, which can be found in our website’s fire safety advice section, gives a clear and interactive pictorial guide to these issues. The guide graphically shows the location [...]
Our fire safety advice section on our website is dedicated to giving free advice to our customers. One of the areas where we get asked the most fire safety questions are HMOs and landlord fire safety. To help landlords answer these queries, we have created a specific editorial. The ‘Landlords and fire safety‘ section has [...]
Candles are a common site in many homes and now that the dark nights are drawing in, the number of candles being lit is increasing. However, the beauty of candles is linked to a risk. Last year candles were the cause of over 1,000 fires across England and many Fire Brigades are encouraging the general [...]
Our website www.safelincs.co.uk is now fully accessible for smart phones such as the iPhone, Android and others. We have created a dedicated mobile version of the site to stop you having to scroll left-right to see the full pages and we have arranged all content in a way that you can see the content that [...]
Now that the rioting seems to have come to an end it is worth considering how to be prepared for similar occurrences in the future. Most of the physical damage, excluding the massive damage to lives and communities, was caused by arson attacks and many people were put at risk by being trapped in their [...]
A warning was issued by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service after several incidents of fires occurring from the use of essential oils. When washing fabric soaked with essential oils the oil is not broken down properly at low washing machine temperatures, leaving a residue on towels and linen. The residues can ignite either through the [...]
After months of development we launched our ground breaking instant fire alarm system configurator. This system, which is the first of its kind, enables business and residential customers to put together a professional panelled radio- interlinked fire alarm system that will meet the requirements of legislation and EN54. No prior knowledge is required, the whole [...]
Mark Kennel has very little left from his home after a house fire except his charred wedding album after he, his wife, Amber and daughter, Kelsey managed to escape the flames with the help of a fire escape ladder. A fire broke out at their home in Ingham County. Mr Kennel stated that it was [...]
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a severe fire at a Poundstretcher store in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The fire, which broke out on the morning of 28 February 2011, has rendered the building unsafe which will now have to be demolished. Residents of flats adjacent to the fire wrecked building have been evacuated and [...]
