Boat fire Safety Week 2007

Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) across the UK are participating in the first ever Boat Fire Safety Week between 26 - 31 March.

The campaign is being promoted to Fire and Rescue Services, as a part of the Fire Kills campaign by the Central government's National Community Fire Safety Centre in association with Warwickshire FRS and the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).

Boaters interested in receiving free fire safety advice from the Fire and Rescue Service should contact their local fire station to find out if activities are planned for the week in their area.

During the week and depending on the area, participating Fire Services will be offering boat owners free Boat Fire Safety Checks (BFSC) carried out by Service personnel.

These checks identify the risks linked to galley accidents, using candles, smoking aboard, using solid fuel stoves and deactivated alarms, amongst other similar points.

The BFSC's are intended to help boaters to understand the dangers of fire breaking out and the simple preventative actions that can reduce the risk. As such, the BFSC compliments inspections of the fixed fuel, gas and electric installations such as the BSS examination and reviews of safety and emergency equipment like the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) Sea Check.

The Fire and Rescue Service's are being briefed to contact their local navigation and harbour authorities to help identify any areas where there are high concentrations of boats whose owners might welcome advice.

Owners wanting to know if the service where their boat is lying is participating can find the contact details of the FRS on http://www.fire.gov.uk/Find+my+region.htm;

Participating Fire and Rescue Services known so far:

Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service

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