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Home Fire Risk Checks carried out (Number of visits) (1077) Metric type
- Help text
- Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) have a duty to undertake community fire safety campaigns and initiatives. Typical activities include: home fire safety checks, arson prevention, promotional work with young people and other vulnerable groups. These checks are conducted either by the Fire and Rescue Service direct or their partners e.g. local councils.
HFSCs are often targeted towards the more vulnerable members of the community, including older people and those with disabilities, and aim to offer bespoke fire safety advice based on their household and lifestyle which can mitigate the risk of fire. These visits can result in the installation of smoke alarms and safety recommendations such as moving/removing furniture which may be hazardous
Many FRSs now conduct HFSCs as part of a wider Safe and Well Visit (SWV), which can cover additional factors such as falls risk assessment, smoking cessation, cold homes and fuel poverty and a range of other health and community issues depending on local arrangements.
This data item is the number of Home Fire Risk Checks carried out.
- Modified
- 19 Oct 2020
- Data last updated
- 06 Sep 2023
- Short label
- Home Fire Risk Checks carried out
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Count
- Dataset
- Home Fire Risk Checks
- Source
- Home Office
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