Free Smoke Alarms

junkiepilot

The Fire Brigade are running a new initative to educuate the public on the risks of fire. If you give them a call they will come round to your house and fit your house out with smoke alarms for free.

They have just left my house on their big red truck and my 2 year old has a big smile on his face and I have free smoke alarms fitted professionally and in the optimum locations around my home. Better still, they even come back to change the batteries for you if you call and say they have gone...

Dont Ring 999!!!.....just call your local station between 9 and 5 mon-fri.

Lugh_Chronain

For the benefit of those who don't have a smoke alarm fitted is this initiative UK wide?

morganb

In Hampshire it's definitely running.

A house up the road was being visited by 2 engines last weekend so we asked a fireman what was going on. He kindly let our 4 year old sit in the engine while he dug around for a post off leaflet.

You do have to meet certain criteria to get a visit (children under a certain age, over 60, mobility impaired, etc.)

We are still waiting a call back...

lilmiss

Lugh_Chronain wrote:

For the benefit of those who don't have a smoke alarm fitted is this initiative UK wide?

yups you can get free smoke alarms fitted anywhere in uk. Check out your local fire authorities website :j

MoonRose77

We called our local station and asked for a fire safety review - they came and fitted 2 smoke alarms (one down and one upstairs), did the review and left us quite a bit of info as well. They didn't ask about age, children, benefits or anything like that - so worth everyone calling and asking.

MANDIE_3

Smoke alarms can be purchased very cheaply from Wilkinsons if this iniative isn't in your area & apparently you should fit a detector on each floor of your home x

drstonk

Hi the south wales fire authority are doing this, we are having our visit on thursday. They also make sure that if you do have smoke alarms they are in the right places.