National Fire Safety Week: 9th - 15th October 2023

National Fire Safety Week aims to enhance fire safety, particularly in the home.

In the new blended working world, many of us are spending more time at home so it is more important than ever that we are all informed as to the steps we can take to protect ourselves and our homes from fire.

This year for Fire Safety Week we will be focusing particularly on fire safety in the home and that we are “Safer Together”.

Please consider a fire safety discussion with your neighbours in the Community, particularly the elderly and vulnerable and enter our competition for free smoke alarms (see details below)

· Did you know? Between January 2014 and December 2022, 241 people died as a result of a fire in Ireland.

· Laois County Council Fire and Rescue Service is working together with TFI Local Link Laois Offaly, Laois Public Participation Network and Age Friendly Laois, to provide communities with all the information necessary to reduce the number of fire-related fatalities and injuries, but we need your help!

· We are encouraging everyone to visit www.laois.ie and download free fire safety in the home booklets and leaflets (see direct link information below via www.laois.ie/services/fire-rescue)

· We are inviting every household to view the safety information and follow the recommendations included within.

· We are asking you to test your smoke alarms every week and encourage your friends and family to do the same.

· Free downloadable fire safety in the home booklets with fire safety checklist at https://laois.ie/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Safety-in-the-Home-Booklet-English-1.pdf

Free downloadable fire safety in the home leaflets (available in English, Irish, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin), Latvian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Polish) at https://laois.ie/departments/fire-rescue/fire-safety-in-the-home/

Additional information is also available at www.firesafetyweek.ie