Free Fire Safety Checks
 
Free safety checks to help reduce the risk of a fire or other emergency in your home are available from Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service.  Free smoke alarms are fitted where required, and firefighters will also help you find out  more about other useful local services if you are interested.

The checks take about 30 minutes each, depending on the size of the house, and are usually carried out by firefighters. The householder needs to be present to answer a few questions.  Firefighters  will offer fire safety advice, based on any potential fire risks that they may have identified during the check, and answer questions. They will then fit as many smoke alarms as they think necessary. Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service currently fits British Standard smoke alarms with a sealed battery that should last 10 years in normal use.

To book one of these free checks, ring 01296 744477 or email cs@bucksfire.gov.uk
Community safety manager Terry Ridgley said: “When fires break out, smoke alarms provide a vital early warning sign. If the fire happens at night, they are often your only warning.”  Here are Terry’s top tips to ensure you and your family stay safe from fire:

• Fit and maintain a smoke alarm: You should have one on each level of your home and test it weekly. The ideal position is on the ceiling, in the middle of a room, or in the hallway and landing. Test it weekly.
   
• Plan your escape route: Make sure you and your family know the quickest way out in the event of fire. Consider an alternative route in case your usual one is blocked.
  
• In the event of a fire, get out, stay out and call 999: Don’t delay for valuables, and don’t investigate or try to tackle the fire. Use a mobile, a neighbour’s phone or a phone box to call 999. If someone needs to be rescued wait safely outside for the firefighters who have the equipment and training to do it. Never go back in.
  
• Check on others: When you visit relatives or friends, look out for safety hazards in the home. Offer to help test their alarm and plan escape routes together.
  
• Keep internal doors shut: This will slow down the spread of fire.
  
• Get out, stay out and call 999.
  

New Benches in Chenies!

Parish Councilor Peter Ashby alongside the new bench as it is installed on the 'green sward', oppposite the Glebe Land.  Peter explained that the Parish Council managed to secure County Council funding towards the cost of the bench and its installation.  Also Van Hage Garden Centre contributed towards the cost by kindly providing the bench at a discount. 


 

The bench in Place House Copse was built and installed by our Parish Council Chairman, Sir John Quinton.  Located at the top of the wood it provides a welcome resting point after climbing up from the bottom of the
valley