had 3 free smoke alarms fitted yesterday

[trixipaws]

awhile ago i got a leaflet thru the door titled "free smoke alarms" and a number for the local fire station- i foned them and apparently if u arrange an appointment for some firefighters to come visit ur house and do a "safety risk assessment" and give advice on fire safety and stuff and they fit smoke alarms! it was something we never got round to doing so i called them. every time they said they could visit i was busy and then the one time i wasnt they had to go and fight a fire somewhere so it kept getting put off.

but yesterday, they made it they came here, looked around our house, gave me a bit of a ticking off about how dangerous we are with our fire-hazardous 3-way adaptors and electric heaters left plugged in and toaster underneath some cupboards and stuff- and filled in a form and gave us a leaflet- but they were jolly nice and friendly and they fitted 3 smoke alarms with 10-year batteries- suprisingly quick i thought installation would require drilling or something and are ceilings are very very high but they just used a long pole!

im sure its not just my area i think if y'all dont have smoke alarms u should call ur local fire station and ask if they do home risk assessments. i feel so much safer and at ease now- only coz i got a little princess to think of. and as y'all are mothers or going to be mothers then its a wise idea i thought i'd share!

 

[Tangerinedream]

I put my name down for a sililar thing last April and still havnt heard anything luckily we already have fire alarms

 

[x-kirsty-x]

We got free ones fitted the other week. 3 firemen came out to do it but I was at work, would of been nice to meet them

The one they fitted upstairs went weird the other day, it just started going off and wouldn't stop, we didn't even have anything on. After a few hours we had to take it down and shut it up (by smashing it)

We live about 5 doors down from the fire station so I'm gonna call in and ask them to come and fit a replacement one this weekend