CFW’s safety expert, Anthony Acari, would like to remind care home managers about Fire Service guidelines to remain safe from fires at Christmas.
The Fire Service safety advice, ‘how to stay safe at Christmas’, focuses on:
- fairy lights
- decorations
- Christmas trees
Make sure fairy lights are used safely:
- Check the fuses are the right type (see the box for the maximum size of fuse you should use).
- If bulbs blow, replace them.
- Don’t leave fairy lights on when you go out or when you go to sleep.
- Don’t let the bulbs touch anything that can burn easily, like paper.
- Don’t overload sockets.
Decorations safety advice
- Decorations made of light tissue paper or cardboard burn easily.
- Don’t attach them to lights or heaters.
- Don’t put them immediately above or around the fireplace.
- Keep them away from candles.