Home Safety

Safety within the home is very important, and with so many risks it’s easy to forget to cover them all. Our home safety section provides all the items you’ll need to cover most of the risks, so you don’t forget.

Detecting A Risk In Your Home

In all honesty, there’s no excuse for not having alarms installed in your home. Whether you want an economy alarm which will do the job or a designer alarm which will look fabulous in your contemporary home, you can get it.

There are alarms which have long-life batteries installed and can wirelessly connect to others around the home. Whether you need a heat alarm in the kitchen, an optical smoke alarm in the bedrooms, or a carbon monoxide detector, you can prepare for any potential threat. You can even buy a combination alarms which contains multiple sensor types for better protection and reduces the likelihood of false alarms.

Fighting A Fire In Your Home

Having equipment to fight a fire in your home is a good way of keeping your family safe. They can help to prevent a small fire from escalating in seriousness, or will aid you in making a safe exit out of the home.

Make sure you have the right fire extinguishers to protect against the potential threats in your home. You can even have a kitchen aerosol extinguisher which is easy to use and can hide away discreetly in a drawer or cupboard. But whatever you have, you should ensure everyone knows where to find it.

Fire blankets are an essential for every kitchen. Safe to use on almost all small fires you may encounter in the kitchen, they will starve the fire of the oxygen it needs to burn, to safely extinguish it. However, wrapped around you, they can also help to keep you safe as you exit your burning home.

Escaping A Fire

Your emergency escape route is likely to be the usual way in and out of your home, as it’s what you’re most familiar with. However, should that become blocked by fire, then you’re going to need an alternative method of exiting the home safely.

A fire escape ladder could be your best option to escape from upstairs. They simply hook over the window sill or ledge and allow everyone to make their exit to safety. They store away modestly so that you haven’t got to look at it all the time, but have the peace of mind at night.

Preparing For An Emergency

A first aid kit means you’re ready to make things better when an injury needs more than kissing better. And a torch may prove invaluable if the lights go out and you’re stuck trying to find your way in the dark whilst panicking.

But you can also test and maintain your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to ensure they’re in good working order when you need them most. A puff of air from the aerosol is all that’s needed to blow out possible contaminants such as dust. And the smoke detector tester allows you to safely test the alarm using synthetic smoke.

With all this, you’re as well prepared as possible. We hope you never have to suffer the devastation of a fire at home, but should it ever occur, you’re in the best possible position to make sure you all stay safe.