Red4ready - Fire Safety Week

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Dublin Fire Brigade are delighted that over 90 businesses and buildings around Dublin City and County will be going red to support the Fire Safety Week #Red4ready campaign.

Fire Safety Week 2021, which runs from the 4th to the 10th of October, will focus on upholding the principles of fire safety and informing citizens about the best practices to stay safe from fire in their home.

We really appreciate the support of these businesses and buildings for their support in helping raise awareness of fire dangers. 2021 is the second year of the lighting up red initiative.

To compliment the red buildings we’ve collaborated with Dublin brand design company Kollektiv to build a cross platform campaign to build awareness, engage, inform and ultimately influence behaviour around fire safety. The #Red4ready visual campaign centres the most important fire safety messages created from smoke. The campaign has been produced as static and animated images and will appear on digi-panels, cinema screens, billboards, bus shelters, in traditional media, and on social media.

Help us influence attitudes and prevent destructive fires by downloading and printing the six messages for display in your place of work, schools, shops or community centres.

Follow us on social media @dubfirebrigade and check for #Red4ready

One of the best ways to ensure your house is fire safe is to perform a routine fire safety check. Follow the checklist below to see how you can complete a routine fire safety check in your own home:

Walk around your residence with a view to keeping your home safe and secure.

  • Test Smoke Alarms weekly and change batteries immediately
  • Close all doors at night to reduce the spread of fire and smoke.
  • Unplug all unnecessary electrical appliances including chargers phone and tablet chargers
  • Have an escape plan and keep routes completely clear of obstructions
  • Make sure all candles and naked flames are extinguished.
  • Place a spark guard in front of any open fire.
  • Empty all ashtrays.

For more information about Fire Safety Week go to www.firesafetyweek.ie