Welcome to Tayside Fire and Rescues Home Fire Safety Pages

Welcome to Tayside Fire and Rescue’s Community Fire Safety webpage. Our department's activities fall into two main categories:

Home Fire
Safety

Road Safety

Tayside Fire and Rescue in partnership with others are committed to Protecting the Community for a Safer Tayside.

We are actively involved in Community Safety campaigns both at local and national level. Focusing more attention on education, raising awareness amongst the most vulnerable people within the community in order to reduce the suffering caused by fires and other emergencies. Consequently, the key to our success is a move from re-active to pro-active intervention.

Every year in the UK there are:

• 63,000 house fires
• 14,000 people injured by fire and 500 DEATHS.

The main causes of accidental dwelling fires within Tayside are:

1. Cooking
2. Smoking Materials
3. Electrical Appliances

In Tayside, over the past two years, alcohol has been a contributory factor in 50% of deaths in fires.

Our department's core advice is centred around three key messages:

FREE Home Fire Safety Visit

As part of our commitment to your safety at home, Tayside Fire and Rescue are offering you a FREE HOME FIRE SAFETY VISIT. This service is carried out by fire fighters from your local fire station.

• Visits will be by appointment only.
• All appointments will be pre-arranged with you.
• The fire fighters calling will always be in uniform and show an ID card.

This safety check will look at all areas of accident and fire risk within your home. We will fit 10yr smoke alarms, if required, also give advice and information on how to stay safe from fire, including kitchen hazards, safe disposal of smoking materials, candles, heaters, electric blankets and dangers from harmful substances.

In addition, we will help you to make an escape plan to prepare you, should a fire occur in your home.

Arrange your FREE Home Fire Safety Visit today, please contact 01382 835804, or text “Check” to 61611 or contact your local fire station.

Alternatively complete our Online Booking Form below:

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