Home Fire Safety Checks

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Home Fire Safety Checks

• Station Commander
• David Craig

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Overview

• Fire Safety in the Home - Jigsaw
• Previous Campaigns Ban the Pan, Thumbs up on
  Monday, Writing on the Wall
• Existing NIFRS strategies IRMP
• Home Fire Safety Checks

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The key messages are

• To be aware of the need to Fit and Maintain a
  Smoke Alarm
• To be aware of the Main Causes of Fire
• How to prepare a Family Escape Plan and
• How to carry out a Bed-Time Fire Safety Check

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Getting the message out

• Working together to make the community safer
• Using tried and well proven delivery methods
• Corporate message, style and consistency
• Sharing, designing and delivering Best Practice
• High quality material, early intervention and
  continued education throughout life
• Explain the consequences of failing to act
  rather than ordering compliance

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Have we made a difference?

• 86 reduction in accidental fire deaths since
  1999
• 40 drop in accidental fires in the home 1999
• 98 ownership of smoke alarms in Northern Ireland
• Reduction in all benchmarked targets
• Raised awareness in all risk categories
• Providing examples of best practice to United
  Kingdom Fire Service

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Whats a Home Fire Safety Check?

• A Home Fire Safety Check is an opportunity
  for householders to have their homes checked to
  identify fire hazards and to discuss the value of
  a tailor-made bed-time routine and fire escape
  plan.  This check is offered free by the N.I.
  Fire Rescue Service and may include the
  provision and fitting of smoke detector(s) where
  necessary.

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Home Fire Safety Checks

• Background
• IRMP Dwellings risk analysis.
• Direct correlation with elderly living alone in
  rented accommodation.
• Single parent families.
• Ethnic minorities.

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Aim of the scheme

• To reduce the risk from fire to those most
  vulnerable in our community by-
• Raising awareness of the danger
• Providing appropriate advice
• If necessary fit a 10 year smoke detector

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Our Objective

• To reduce the number of accidental fires in
  dwellings
• To reduce deaths and injuries caused by fire
• Increase ownership and maintenance of smoke
  alarms.
• Improve partnership working with other
  organisations

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Dual approach to HFSCs

• Approach 1
• Build on the good work and interagency approach
  already in place
• This allows random referral
• Assists compliance with Section 75 NI Act (no one
  excluded)

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Dual approach to HFSCs

• Approach 2
• High risk areas identified through the IRMP
  process specifically targeted.
• Based on census output areas.
• Usually 150 homes approx

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Dual approach to HFSCs

• This allows effect to be measured.
• Comparison with other areas not yet completed.
• Districts can control the level of activity
  dependant on resources

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Initiation methods of the HFSC

• From a partner agency
• A call in response to advertising
• From a Fire setter team
• By an OIC after an incident
• Part of the targeted programme

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Arranging the HFSC

• The first four initiation methods will be
  arrangement and direct contact with the home
  occupier
• The targeted method is a non prearranged offer of
  a check

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Non pre-arranged HFSC

• Leaflet drop the area giving a time/date of
  return (Green Sticker)
• On return to area carry out visits and give
  occupant Fire Safety in the Home booklet (pink
  sticker)

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What Happens during a HFSC?

• Proforma/Questionnaire not compulsory
• Fire safety advice
• Disclaimer for smoke alarms
• Fire Safety in the Home booklet
• Results into database High/Med/Low
• H/M/L determines revisit timescale

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HFSCs

• Significant findings
• Informing operational response
• Language
• Child protection
• Recording
• Reviewing

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Figures to date

• Over 1000 HFSCs completed throughout Northern
  Ireland

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Thank You For Listening