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Fire Alarms for Disabled People
allydowd
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Many Fire Brigades are currently offering free fire safety checks on your home. A uniformed officer can come to your home and advise you on how to keep yourself safe and make an escape plan. They can also fit you with free smoke alarms if necessary.
There's more info at:
http://www.fireservice.co.uk/safety/hfra.php
Or call your local fire station and ask for a Home Fire Risk Assessment. Get the number from the phone book, though, you'll not be popular if you dial 999!
The numbers for UK stations are listed here:
http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs.php
The officers come with ID at a pre-arranged time...and have even been known to turn up in a fire engine! The do not come unannounced and will not ask you for any money.
There's more info at:
http://www.fireservice.co.uk/safety/hfra.php
Or call your local fire station and ask for a Home Fire Risk Assessment. Get the number from the phone book, though, you'll not be popular if you dial 999!
The numbers for UK stations are listed here:
http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs.php
The officers come with ID at a pre-arranged time...and have even been known to turn up in a fire engine! The do not come unannounced and will not ask you for any money.
Debt-free day: 8th May 2015 "Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck," Dalai Llama
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Also, being disabled is not a criteria for having a free alarm.
Anyone can have one.just passing through.... Nothing to see....0 -
OMG !!!! Am having a flush at the thought of a fireman in uniform comng to see me-!!!!!!! must get on to it tomorrow!:j this money saving is such fun:T0
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They were at my flu jab clinic, asking if you wanted a smoke alarm check if you had one, and offering to fit one and give general advice if you don't.
I put my name down, but said I wasn't high priority!Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
My mate (RunnyBabbit) keeps telling me to get a Home Fire Risk Assessment because I live in a first floor flat and the only fire exit is down the main staircase:eek:
If there was a fire between me and my front door then I would be cinders:eek: :eek: I had better phone them on Monday.0 -
That might not be the case: if you have proper fire doors in your flat, then your best bet might be 'stay put' - get a door shut between you and fire and wait to be rescued.My mate (RunnyBabbit) keeps telling me to get a Home Fire Risk Assessment because I live in a first floor flat and the only fire exit is down the main staircase:eek:
If there was a fire between me and my front door then I would be cinders:eek: :eek: I had better phone them on Monday.
However, phoning them on Monday would be a good plan!
(When I saw DS1's bedroom in his second student house, the first question I asked was "Can you get out of that window if there's a fire?" The only other access to his room was through the kitchen! With a washing machine parked in front of the back door! :eek: )Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
They were at my flu jab clinic, asking if you wanted a smoke alarm check if you had one, and offering to fit one and give general advice if you don't.
I put my name down, but said I wasn't high priority!
My smoke alarm was put in when my council house was re-wired last year. The old battery operated one used to beep all the time and did cause quite a lot of problems for my son who has frequent sleep disturbances, and from time to time I took the battery out as it was driving us mad....
In May this year my son was away to a young carers camp and I conked out with a Diabetic Hypo while cooking lunch... Needless to say the pot burned out and thanks to the new smoke alarm my next door neighbour's son heard the alarm and thankfully I was rescued by the firebrigade and paramedics:j
:T :j I have certainly realised how important a working alarm is and how quickly things can go wrong....0 -
i had a fire safety check and new alarms fitted back in august, sons thought it was ace to have the fire engine parked outside, and 3 handsome firemen in the houseenjoy life, we only get one chance at it:)0
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I need some fire alarms, two of mine started beeping for no reason and the only way to shut them up was to cut the wires. I'll add it to my list of things to do!
Does anyone know if you can have them installed lower down, say on the walls? I really struggle to lift my arms up to stop them when they're on the ceiling.Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.0 -
Smoke alarms must be fitted flat to a ceiling - if you put them anywhere else it increases the time before the go off to a level that seriously increases the risk of not being able to get out of the building in the event of a fire.Does anyone know if you can have them installed lower down, say on the walls? I really struggle to lift my arms up to stop them when they're on the ceiling.
If your alarms were beeping 'for no reason' and you've cut the wires to stop them, that suggests that the back-up battery needed changing.
Clever, eh? I had 2 smoke alarms in my home, that I installed myself - battery powered so I used to change the batteries each year as recommended. These are no longer considered suitable for LA homes (apparently some people are daft enough to remove the batteries and use them to power their children's toys. At least that was the reason I was given when I had to have mine changed. So we all have to be treated like idiots) So now they wire them into the mains, but just in case the fire takes out the electrics they've got a battery in them so that they'll still sound in the event of a fire! Yup! Right!s/e0 -
I had this check on Monday, handsome young fireman! He installed two fire alarms, used glue to stick them on the ceiling, and said they last for 10 years. He also said they don't suggest escaping from an upstairs window anymore, but if you can't escape to close the door, put something along the bottom to stop smoke getting to you and opening the window and shouting "Fire" really loudly(and often!) - as people tend to ignore screams etc, thinking it was people playing about.KEEP CALM AND keep taking the tablets :cool2:0
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