In this area you can find lots of useful information,
tips, leaflets, and schemes to help keep you, and those around you,
safe from fire.
These include:
The Community Safety department holds a large selection of
leaflets on fire safety, which can be downloaded in PDF
format.
Community
safety leaflets
You can also find fire safety
tips full of useful information.
These visits, for people at high fire risk, include free smoke
alarms with a ten-year battery-for-life plus a burnt-toast "hush"
button to silence false alarms. We also give brief
friendly advice on how to prevent fire, how to escape safely, and
how to stay safe if trapped. A special deaf alarm is
available for those sufficiently hard of hearing. Book a Home Fire
Safety Visit
This scheme attempts to divert children at an early stage from
playing with fire, or lighting small nuisance fires. Parents
and carers can contact the specialist team via our website, or by
phone, to arrange a friendly visit to educate the child of the
dangers.
The Arson Task Force (ATF) A joint initiative between ourselves
and the Avon & Somerset Police to drive down the high level of
arson via Car Clear, education, and prosecution.
Approximately two-thirds of arson is car arson. The Car
Clear scheme aims to reduce car arson (and joyriding) by
removing abandoned and damaged cars promptly from the roadside.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service has teamed up with Deafstation,
from the University of Bristol, to bring you fire safety
information in British Sign Language (BSL). You can also learn some
BSL in this area.
A hub for safety advice, they also provide internet access
and conference facilities free of charge to the community.
Centres open at Bath (City Centre and Landsdown), Bristol
(Symes District Centre Hartcliffe, Temple Back
Headquarters, Keynsham and Speedwell), Weston-super-Mare and
Yate.
You can also find information on Kitchen
Safety, Road
Safety, Smoking
Safety, Firework
Safety and Student
fire Safety, plus much more - take a look at
the list on the left.