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Fire Safety

FIRE SAFETY
 

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On average 40 people die in the Republic of Ireland each year from fire.

Over 1,000 people suffer serious injuries from burns and smoke inhalation (HIPE & NPRS Unit ESRI*). In most of these incidents, a level of fire safety education and awareness could have prevented the fire or limited the damage. 


This website contains the information you need so that you can take the necessary steps to ensure that you and your family are safe from the dangers and consequences of FIRE.  

A fire in the home can have terrible consequences. These include:

  • The possibility of fatalities or serious injury.
  • The psychological trauma to the people involved
  • The irretrievable loss of personal items such as photographs, letters, etc.
  • The financial loss incurred by all of the damage.


The three Golden Rules to follow to ensure that you and your family are safe from fire are:

  • Prevention
    The best way to be "fire safe" is to make sure that fires never happen.

  • Detection
    If a fire starts in your home, an early warning will give you maximum time to escape.

  • Evacuation
    When you get a warning that there is a fire, you need to evacuate as quickly and efficiently as possible, using a pre-arranged evacuation plan.

 

 

(* Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Scheme and National Perinatal Reporting Unit, ERSI)

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