New Fire Safety Regulations in Scotland - YOU need to take action

New Fire Safety Regulations are coming into force in February 2021. They affect all homes, both owned and rented and the obligation to comply with the Regulations lies with the owners and landlords of dwelling houses.

The new standard requires every home in Scotland to have :-

* one smoke alarm installed in the room most frequently used for general daytime living purposes

* one smoke alarm in every circulation space on each storey, such as hallways and landings
* one heat alarm installed in every kitchen

All the alarms should be ceiling-mounted and interlinked with each other.  In other words if one of the alarms is actuated, all the alarms sound.

Where there is a carbon-fuelled appliance (such as boilers, fires - including open fires - and heaters) or a flue, a carbon monoxide detector is also required which does not need to be linked to the fire alarms.

There are only about 3 months to go until the law comes into effect so now is the time to start looking at your house and either fitting and interlinked system OR contact your landlord to have one fitted.  If everyone leaves it to the last minute you may have difficulty purchasing the equipment or finding someone to fit it.

For full information click on the link below.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/fire-and-smoke-alarms-in-scottish-homes/