Cllr Will Windsor-Clive, Gloucestershire County Council Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Youth, is urging people to take fire safety seriously over the Christmas period. Fire fighters from across the county will also be getting out and about in communities between now and December 24th raising money for the Fire Fighters Charity and giving out Christmas fire safety information.
Decorations, wrapping paper, naked flames (e.g. candles) and consumption of alcohol are all added hazards; as are electrical items like fairy lights. People are also reminded that it’s not only the fire that kills but also toxic smoke it gives off.
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR FIRE ALARM RECENTLY?? Is the battery dead?
Latest figures from the Fire Kills campaign show a rise in the number of accidental fire deaths and injuries over the festive period last year.
DO YOU KNOW HOW QUICKLY FIRE COULD SPREAD
Check out http://www.glosfire.gov.uk/ysafety_christmas.html for a video demonstrating how quickly a fire started by faulty fairy lights on a a dry Christmas tree will spread and also some useful fire safety tips for Christmas
watch the video
(see full GCC press release)
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