Home fire safety

For a complete and thorough understanding of how to manage the risk of fire in your home, we recommend reading these articles from first to last.

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Overview

A fire in your home can be devastating. Once a fire starts it can spread quickly putting you and your loved ones at risk. From when a fire starts, it can take just 3 minutes for everything in the room to be on fire. This can be life threatening if it happens while you're asleep.

The bedroom is the most dangerous place in your home because if a fire happens while you're asleep, your chances of survival are very low, unless you follow the advice in these pages. While the dangers of fire are very real, there is a lot you can do to protect yourself, your family and your home.