Legal validation: 15/03/2011

Fire

Nightwear and fire safety

Into: General product safety Product categories Textile products

Nightwear can burn rapidly, when accidentally set alight by contact with an open fire or a gas or electric fire or other heat source, and cause serious injury - children and the elderly being especially vulnerable. In the UK, various mandatory and voluntary measures have been taken to control the fire performance of the fabrics used in nightwear and to make the public more aware of the dangers. The Nightwear (Safety) Regulations 1985 specify performance and labelling requirements (...) Read more

tag logo Fire , Textile , Smoke alarm

Preventing fire and burns

Into: Keep yourself safe Home and garden safety

Stay safe from fire by testing smoke alarms monthly and be sure all the family know how to escape in the event of a fire. Avoid burns and scalds, particularly to children, by always using the cooker’s back ring or hotplate first and position panhandles so that they can’t be pulled over and by keeping hot drinks out of reach of children. Reduce the likelihood of household fires and carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty flues or equipment by having gas, oil or solid fuel heating appliances (...) Read more

tag logo Lighters , Gas , Fire , Smoke alarm

Do you know how to keep yourself safe?

Into: Keep yourself safe

tag logo Quiz , Garden , Fire