Your safety

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:

Fire Safety leaflets Fire Safety Leaflets

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.


Home Fire Safety Visits Home Fire Safety Visits

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

Information about Firesetters Firesetters

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.

Arson Task Force Arson Task Force

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.


Image of BSL signer - link to Deaf Community Fire Safety Deaf Community Fire Safety

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.
 

Community Safety Centres - information Community Safety Centres

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.  

Incidents

Hoax Calls Cost Lives
Hoax Calls Cost Lives
Hoax calls endanger lives, as our crews may not be available to deal with a real emergency. If you make hoax calls your telephone number can be traced and cut off. Hoax calls can lead to a fine and criminal record