Your Home Security

Fire Safety

When you are fitting security devices, you must consider the risk of fire and not fit systems that will prevent escape from occupied buildings. For example, fitting and padlocking a steel bar gate over the face of a standard front door in a house will impede escape and misplacing the extra keys may prove fatal. On the other hand, a BS: PAS24 door and frame provides better security and does not increase the fire risk. A window that may be used as a fire escape to a flat roof should not have a lock and key, but if fitted with laminated glass still provides security.

For your protection fit smoke detectors, at least one per floor level, and check batteries regularly.