When you have people round for a party or some other occasion, think ahead.
If you have guests staying the night make sure they know how to escape safely.
Let guests know of any features they may not be familiar with - for example, how to open the front door.
Tell guests where the door keys are.
Take particular care of elderly people, children and people with disabilities.
If there are smokers put out enough ashtrays, so ash or butts don't get dropped in places like waste paper bins.
If there's a fire...
Fireworks
A quick reminder of how to be safe with fireworks.
- Keep fireworks in a metal box and take them out one at a time.
- Read the instructions by torchlight not by a flame.
- Don't go back to a firework once it has been lit.
- Keep a bucket of water nearby.
For more details, visit our
Firework pages.
Alcohol and Fire
Key Facts
People aged 15 to 34 incur the greatest number of alcohol related fire casualties.
Those who consume six or more drinks per session increas their risk of injury by eight times.
Studies have shown the fire fatality risk ratio for an alcohol-impaired person was more than double that of a sober person living without a smoke alarm.
Research has found that about half of all adults killed in fires were under the
influence of alcohol.
The overwhelming majority of fire fatalities perish as a result of smoke and toxic fume inhalation as opposed to burn injuries. Evidence finds that alcohol not only impedes human detection of smoke, but also helps facilitate its passage into the body.
Smoking and Alcohol
For people who drink and smoke, the fire fatality rate is higher. Most smoking related fire fatalities have a common connection to alcohol consumption.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service encourages people to check their smoke alarm, not to start cooking if they have had a few drinks and to be extra careful with cigarettes.
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