Fire Kills - you can prevent it

Advice on gas appliances and preventing carbon monoxide poisoning:

The Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) website contains information gas consumers need to know in order to manage gas appliances/equipment safely and tells them what to do in an emergency.

Health and Safety Executive

HSE also has a gas safety advice line on 0800 300 363, and downloadable leaflets in 13 languages.

HSE leaflets

Find out more about handling fireworks safely here:

• www.rospa.com/homesafety/advice/fireworks/
• www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/Safety/fireworks-policy/index.html
• www.fireworksafety.co.uk

Find out more about fire safety as a parent or a child-carer here:

• Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
• Arson Prevention Bureau
• Project Aquarius - a specialised service working with young fire setters
• Children's Fire and Burns Trust

This is a site from the National Fire Safety Charity for Children with stories, activities and safety advice.

Welephant's website

Find out more about fire safety as a person with impaired mobility, sight or hearing here:

Age Concern
Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER
0800 009 966
Age Concern

Citizens' Advice
www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Disabled Living Foundation (DLF)
380-384 Harrow Road, London W9 2HU
020 7 289 6111
www.dlf.org.uk

Fire Sprinklers Association
Park Court, Brimpton, Reading RG7 4ST
0118 971 2322
www.firesprinklers.info

Help the Aged
207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ
020 7 278 1114
http://www.helptheaged.org.uk

National Federation of the Blind of the UK
Unity House, Smyth Street, Westgate, Wakefield WF1 1ER
01924 291313
www.nfbuk.org

Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)
Unit 12, City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AF
020 7 250 3222
www.radar.org.uk

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA
020 7 388 1266
www.rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
9-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
020 7 296 8000
Textphone 020 7 296 8001 (minicom)
www.rnid.org.uk

Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Birmingham B5 7ST
0121 248 2000
www.rospa.co.uk

Shelter
88 Old Street, London EC1V 9HU
0845 458 4590
www.shelter.org.uk