Community Fire Safety

Note for Guidance

The Fire Safety Advice Centre

All Fire and Rescue Services throughout the UK have a policy on community fire safety which involves working with local communities to address fire safety issues in their area. For a long time, they have aimed to educate people about the dangers of fire, using a mixture of approaches.

Fire station staff play a pivotal role in CFS work. Firefighters know which parts of their station's area have people living or working there who are most at risk from fire. They are best placed to reduce the number of fires through education and getting their key messages across.

They all provided free home fire safety visits and may also fit a free smoke alarm where needed. This can be arranged with your local fire and rescue service, so if you want to be safe and sound contact them immediately. Find out more about this free service by contacting your local fire and rescue service by visiting, telephoning or via their website.

Further Sources

Links to most UK Fire and Rescue Services	This is a source of a large number of UK fire and rescue service's web sites.
Community Fire Education	A Fire Net page which is an excellent source of information.
Fire and resilience (DCLG)	The Fire and resilience website is a good site for fire safety publications and information.

This handout provides a general overview and basic information on this topic. It may not apply to everyone, consequently to find out if this guide applies to you and to get more information on this subject, study all the relevant legislation, guides and British/European Standards. Also you should seek advice from an expert on the subject or your local Fire Safety Officer or Fire Safety Professional.

Merseyside Fire Liaison Panel. Permission is granted to print and photocopy this material for nonprofit educational uses.

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