Stay safe and secure

Make sure you have smoke alarms – get your landlord to fit them or buy them yourself. All landlords should provide them.

Here are some tips for where to put them:

• Fit smoke alarms on every floor of your home.
  
• Don’t put a smoke alarm in the kitchen where it can be set off accidentally. Put it out in the hallway.
  
• Fit one on every floor of your home and test the batteries regularly.
  
• Make a fire action plan so that everyone in your house knows how to escape in the event of fire
  
• Take care when cooking with hot oil and think about using thermostatically controlled deep fat fryers
  
• Never leave lit candles unattended
  
• Ensure cigarettes are stubbed out and disposed of carefully
  
• Never smoke in bed
  
• Keep clothing away from heating appliances
  
• Take care in the kitchen! Accidents whilst cooking account for 59% of fires in the home
  
• Take special care when you are tired or when you've been drinking. Half of all deaths in domestic fires happen between 10pm and 8am.