Following up dwelling fires in local areas to give help
and fire safety advice to surrounding
households.
Experience has shown that the public is more aware of the dangers
of fire and more responsive to advice in the aftermath of a fire in
their particular residential area. Therefore a quick strike
programme in the close vicinity of the fire will be carried
out.
In the case of a fatal fire, additional resources from the
Community Fire Safety Team will be made available to supplement the
work of the operational firefighters.
The Community Fire Safety Team will respond to the remaining
dwelling fires in other areas, as resources permit.
The majority of the hot spot responses can be carried out in the
evenings or weekends where more people are liable to be at home and
where operational crews are not so heavily committed to other work.
This consists of:
- providing fire safety advice;
- information leaflet drops;
- and, where appropriate, the provision and fitting of smoke
alarms.
Operational crews in wholetime areas will follow up dwelling
fires in their local areas to offer help and advice to surrounding
households. For shift stations this will be within 24 hours and
day-crewed stations within 48
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