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 | Home Fire Safety Checks | ||
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| General Points No member of the Fire Service will call at your premises without first making a prior appointment and personnel will work in pairs wherever possible. On arrival at your premises the nominated people will introduce themselves and confirm the nature of their call. All personnel entering dwellings must be invited and will be able to show the occupier a current ID card. If a fire appliance available for emergency calls is being used, the crew will inform the occupier that the visit may be prevented or interrupted by an emergency call. | |||
Personnel carrying out the HFSC will not enter the property if young people are on their own, there is a man or woman inappropriately dressed, or if they feel compromised in any way. In all these cases we will call again when the occupier is home, or when it is more convenient. | |  | |
A Home Fire Safety Check visit may take up to one hour per house. However, slightly more or less time may be required dependant on individual circumstances, type of property, and importantly the wishes of the occupier. At no time will personnel wander around the premise to carry out an inspection without a member of the household being present. | |||
| Home Fire Safety Checks will be made up of two elements: - | |||
| 1. Fire Safety advice given person to person, in the home, tailored to the occupier’s circumstances and aimed at eliminating hazards. 2. Where the provision of smoke alarms is below the recommended minimum level, we will offer to remedy this by fitting further smoke alarms free of charge. | |||
| Personnel working for or on behalf of the Fire Service will not be acting as Police Officers or other enforcement agency officials, however referral to other partner agencies may be appropriate i.e. a visit from Age Concern, the Housing Association or Community Nurse. The Community Fire Safety department will be able to refer identified issues to partner agencies upon receipt of completed HFSC 1 forms. If no signature is obtained on the HFSC 1 Form (completed by the person carrying out safety check), details cannot be passed on. | |||
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