Why Fire and Rescue NSW is visiting retirement villages and lifestyle communities throughout the State
You can book a home fire safety visit through the FRNSW website. Click HERE
Life-saving advice about the dangers of fire to try and help protect seniors comes after 11 people have died in residential fires in NSW this winter, three of them aged in their seventies.
“Of the 58 people killed in residential fires across the state over the past five winters, at least 18 or 31% were aged over 65, 46% aged 50 and over, prompting FRNSW to step up efforts to protect those among our most vulnerable,” said the NSW Government agency in a statement on 16 August.
Fire crews are pro-actively visiting retirement villages and other seniors communities as part of FRNSW’s “Senior Fire Ed” program, educating residents about how to keep warm safely over winter.
Household tips include rolling up electric blankets instead of folding them, keeping materials at least a metre from the heater and ensuring householders are ‘looking whilst they’re cooking.’
You can book a home fire safety visit through the FRNSW website. Click HERE.
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