Warning to smokers from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Smokers are being warned that they must wake up to the deadly dangers of smoking - especially when tired - as Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service highlights that more than 40% of all deaths in fires in the home are caused by smoking materials.
Smoking is the biggest killer in accidental fires in the home, often because of careless behaviour such as smoking in bed or not taking care after drinking alcohol.
And when smokers fall asleep with a lit cigarette in hand, their proximity to the resulting fire seriously lowers their chance of escaping in time.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service is reminding smokers to ´Put it Out, Right Out´ whenever they light up; to install smoke alarms on every level of the home; and, to test them regularly. Without a working smoke alarm you are four times more likely to die in an accidental fire in the home.
Smokers are being warned that they must wake up to the deadly dangers of smoking - especially when tired - as Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service highlights that more than 40% of all deaths in fires in the home are caused by smoking materials.
Smoking is the biggest killer in accidental fires in the home, often because of careless behaviour such as smoking in bed or not taking care after drinking alcohol.
And when smokers fall asleep with a lit cigarette in hand, their proximity to the resulting fire seriously lowers their chance of escaping in time.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service is reminding smokers to ´Put it Out, Right Out´ whenever they light up; to install smoke alarms on every level of the home; and, to test them regularly. Without a working smoke alarm you are four times more likely to die in an accidental fire in the home.
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