Safety Advice and Fire Safety Check List
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Safety Advice and Fire Safety Check List
Safety advice
These fire prevention tips can help reduce the chances of a fire in your home.
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarms save lives – remember to maintain smoke detection devices in your home.
Test the smoke alarms in your property monthly.
In the kitchen
Cook safely - Take extra care if you need to leave the kitchen whilst cooking, take pans off the heat or turn them down to avoid risk.
Deep Fat Frying
• Take care when cooking with hot oil – it sets alight easily. • Make sure food is dry before putting it in hot oil so it doesn’t splash. • If the oil starts to smoke – it’s too hot. Turn off the heat and leave it to cool. • Use a thermostat-controlled electric deep fat fryer. This means it can’t overheat.
Electrics
How to avoid electrical fires:
Keep electrical appliances clean and in good working order to prevent them triggering a fire.
An extension lead or adaptor will have a limit to how many amps it can take. Be careful not to overload your plugs to reduce the risk of a fire. Appliances use different amounts of power – a television may use a 3amp plug and a vacuum cleaner a 5amp plug, for example. It’s important to know the limit.
Cigarettes
Stub cigarettes out properly and dispose of them carefully. Put them out and make sure they are out!
Candles
Make sure candles are secured in a proper holder and away from materials that may catch fire – like curtains or tissues.
Barbeques
Barbeques are NOT used on balconies. The fire service urge people to never use a barbeque or open flame on balconies or indoors.
Special assistance
If you feel you need special assistance in evacuating your building and have not got a personal evacuation plan in place already, then please speak with your property manager.
These fire prevention tips can help reduce the chances of a fire in your home.
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarms save lives – remember to maintain smoke detection devices in your home.
- Be advised that your main smoke detector device is linked to the central fire panel system; therefore, use our registered contractor to perform any maintenance.
- It’s also recommended to install a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used as living accommodation which contains a fixed combustion appliance (this excludes gas cookers).
Test the smoke alarms in your property monthly.
- At Kings Chelsea, your smoke detector is linked to the communal alarm system; please check with the Management office before you test.
- Testing your alarm may cause false alarms.
- If any of your smoke alarms have a one-year battery, make sure it is changed. every year. Only take the battery out when you need to replace it.
- Never disconnect or take the batteries out of your alarm if it goes off by mistake.
- Mains-powered alarms are powered by your home power supply and have a back-up battery in case of a power cut. They need to be installed by our qualified registered contractor and, like battery alarms, they do require testing.
In the kitchen
Cook safely - Take extra care if you need to leave the kitchen whilst cooking, take pans off the heat or turn them down to avoid risk.
- Avoid cooking when under the influence of alcohol.
- Avoid leaving children in the kitchen alone when cooking on the hob. Keep matches and saucepan handles out of their reach to keep them safe.
- Keep tea towels and cloths away from the cooker and hob.
- Double check the cooker is off when you’ve finished cooking.
Deep Fat Frying
• Take care when cooking with hot oil – it sets alight easily. • Make sure food is dry before putting it in hot oil so it doesn’t splash. • If the oil starts to smoke – it’s too hot. Turn off the heat and leave it to cool. • Use a thermostat-controlled electric deep fat fryer. This means it can’t overheat.
Electrics
How to avoid electrical fires:
- Try and keep to one plug adaptor per socket.
- Keep your eyes peeled for signs of dangerous or loose wiring, such as scorch marks, hot plugs and sockets, fuses that blow or circuit-breakers that trip for no obvious reason, or flickering lights.
- Unplug appliances when you’re not using them, they are fully charged, or when you go to bed.
Keep electrical appliances clean and in good working order to prevent them triggering a fire.
An extension lead or adaptor will have a limit to how many amps it can take. Be careful not to overload your plugs to reduce the risk of a fire. Appliances use different amounts of power – a television may use a 3amp plug and a vacuum cleaner a 5amp plug, for example. It’s important to know the limit.
Cigarettes
Stub cigarettes out properly and dispose of them carefully. Put them out and make sure they are out!
- Don’t leave a lit cigarette, cigar or pipe lying around. They can easily start a fire.
- Unplug e-cigarettes when fully charged and ensure you are using the correct charger type.
Candles
Make sure candles are secured in a proper holder and away from materials that may catch fire – like curtains or tissues.
- Put out candles when you leave the room, and make sure they’re out completely at night.
- Consider using LED or battery-operated candles.
- Keep pets away from a lit candle.
Barbeques
Barbeques are NOT used on balconies. The fire service urge people to never use a barbeque or open flame on balconies or indoors.
Special assistance
If you feel you need special assistance in evacuating your building and have not got a personal evacuation plan in place already, then please speak with your property manager.
