Common Causes of Fire

On This Site We Take A Look At The Common Causes Of Fire. Maybe You Will Begin To Realise How Easy It Can Be To Prevent These Fires In These First Place!

Deep Fat Fryers: Over half of all fires are caused while cooking, never leave them unattended and when purchasing one, consider a thermostatically controlled one.

Open Fires: Use a fire guard and keep clothing away from the fire, DO NOT use the fire guard to air the washing.

Matches & Lighters: Make sure they are out of reach of the children, children find them fascinating, and have been known to take them to bed to play with them!

Candles: Never leave candles unattended.

Smoking: Smoking is the most common cause of fire in the home, So do not smoke in bed for a start, make sure cigarettes are put out properly, even go as far as emptying thr astrays before you go to bed.

Home Electrics: Is your wiring up to date, do any plugs on any of your appliances get hot, heat means that either you are demanding too much of the socket or there may be a bad connection, one thing is for sure, that heat will eventually cause a fire. Be careful not to overload sockets, if you need more plugs get an electrician to sort it out before it is too late. Unplug as many appliances as possible before you go out or to bed.

Mobile Phones: Do not leave your mobile phone on charge overnight, the chargers have been known to overheat and cause a fire, so simply do not take the risk.