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Your Home
Follow us on a health and safety journey through your home.
All around the house – in an emergency
What if there’s a fire?
Be prepared and make a fire plan – work out an escape route or action plan. The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service website offers excellent advice.
But if you smell smoke or see flames, call 999 – never think someone else has.
Close the door in the room where the fire is. Get everyone out of the house using the stairs. NEVER use the lift if there is one in place. Don’t go back into the house for any reason. Raise the alarm with neighbours and anyone in the area, even passers-by.
If you can’t escape, gather everyone in the house in one room. Use mattresses, towels, clothes and cushions to barricade the doors and keep the smoke out. Stand at a window to get a supply of fresh air and to make yourself visible to firefighters.
More Information
Fire Escape Plan information on the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service website:
Scottish Fire & Rescue Service: Your Guide to Fire Safety (firescotland.gov.uk) What if there is a gas leak?
If you smell gas the first thing to do is turn off your gas supply at your gas meter and/or emergency control valve and open all windows to ventilate.
Make sure you have your relevant means of contact set up, e.g. put the number in your phone, keep details in a notebook beside your phone so you can access them quickly.
Gas Leak Call 0800 111 999 immediately Or via textphone (minicom) on 0800 371 787.
If you’re a British Sign Language (BSL) user, you can use SignLive to contact the National Gas Emergency Service free of charge.
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