Community fire safety
Fire safety at home
Free smoke alarms
A smoke alarm is a warning device that detects smoke at the
earliest stages of fire. Without a smoke alarm you are
putting yourself and your property at an unnecessary risk.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has a
free scheme available to residents living within
the Greater Manchester area. After completion of a simple form, a
"Home Fire Risk Assessment" can be carried out,
where we provide as many ten year battery smoke alarms as
necessary, do a room by room safety check and explain escape plans
for your property.
You can apply for this service by telephoning 0800 555
815 or by clicking on the link below and going to the
section on Home Fire Risk Assessment.
Greater Manchester Fire
Fire safety advice:
- Fit a smoke alarm on each floor of where you live.
- Make a fire action plan so that everyone in the house knows how
to escape.
- never leave cooking or candles unnattended.
- Stub out cigarettes properly and never smoke in bed.
- Keep matches and lighters away from children.
- Take care when you have been drinking alcohol.
- Do not attempt to tackle a blaze yourself.
Get Out, Stay Out and
Call Us Out!
Preventing fires
Fire prevention advice:
- Make regular checks around the house for potential
hazards.
- Turn appliances off before going to bed.
- Keep doors closed.
- Never leave cooking unattended (Chip pan fires
kill!!).
- Do not overfill chip pans with oil (1/3 full) and dry chips
thoroughly before frying.
- Be aware that 60 per cent of domestic fires start in the
kitchen.
- Know where your keys are, so you can use them to escape.
- Keep wheelie bins and rubbish away from your house to prevent
unnecessary fires spreading to your house.
Be a good neighbour
Check your neighbours are safe especially if they are
elderly.
Malicious calls
Fire engines cannot be in two places at once. In a fire seconds
count and lives are being put at risk. All
999 telephone calls are recorded. The tapes can be handed over to
the Police for prosecution purposes. Convicted malicious
callers face a fine of £2,500 and/or three months
imprisonment.
If you require help or information on home fire safety then use
the email link below and a member of the safety team will respond
to you as quickly as possible.
Fire safety and businesses
New fire safety rules affecting all non-domestic premises in
England and Wales came into force on 1 October 2006.
The Order applies to vitually all premises and covers nearly
every type of building, structure and open space. It does
not apply to private dwellings, including
individual flats in a block or house.
If you need more practical advice or information after you have
carried out your fire risk assessment, your Fire and Rescue
Service may be able to help you.
You can obtain guides, suitable for your type of premises, from
good bookshops or by downloading them from the internet.
Please use the external links to access information to
download.
Documents
FIREFLY - Fire Service Interaction Responding with Education for
the Future Lives of Young People
FIRELFLY(848pdf)
FACE - Fire Awareness Child Education
FACE(128kb)
Please note that this service is not provided by Rochdale
Council it is provided by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue
Service. Further information is availabe on their website.