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Securing safety

Campaigning charity Electrical Safety First is dedicated to reducing fires, accidents and deaths caused by electricity. Here, its technical director, Martyn Allen, outlines the ways in which the charity is working to ensure electrical safety. 

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ESF message gets a makeover

Electrical Safety First has energised its campaign to prevent injury and death caused by electricity with a newly reinvigorated website.

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A reflection on modern life

Domestic fires in Great Britain are to be recorded in a different way following a Home Office plan to update the Incident Recording System (IRS) currently employed. “Rapid technological change has resulted in many everyday appliances becoming more complex – as have

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Assembly motion supports electrical safety

Commenting on the London Assembly’s unanimous motion for the government to introduce mandatory, 5 yearly electrical safety checks in the private rented sector (PRS), Phil Buckle, chief executive of Electrical Safety First, said: “London has the biggest PRS in the UK, so we

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ESR urges main political parties to back home safety MOTs

An industry group that brings senior executives together to promote electrical safety has urged the main political parties to include provisions in their 2015 election manifestos to improve safety in the home by introducing and tightening up requirements for specific home safety

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Electrical safety for Welsh tenants is a first

Electrical Safety First has welcomed the Communities, Equalities and Local Government Committee’s initial review of the new Welsh Housing Bill, which supports the Charity’s campaign to improve safety and poor conditions in the Welsh Private Rented Sector (PRS).

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