Home Safety and Security

10 steps to improve fire safety in your home We can’t emphasise enough the importance of fire safety in your home. You have to be able to adequately protect yourself and your loved ones from the dangers of fire and smoke. Read more to find out some simple, practical tips which you can implement easily in any property to improve your fire safety. Electrical appliances and household installations Make sure to unplug electrical charging devices when going out of your home. Some chargers have even more tendency to go on fire or explode.  So much so that it’s even recommended to  avoid charging overnight with some devices . avoid overloading sockets and using endless numbers of socket extensions; if you do have to use one make sure they have a built in trip switch. Overloading sockets is the cause of thousands of fires across the UK each year so we really can’t emphasise how much you should avoid this practise. If you have a cooker and a boiler they should b