Nor'West News: January 24, 2017

NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday January 24 2017 15
FLAME FILES
Don’t make it easy for arsonists
• By Mark Thomas – Fire
Risk Management Officer
WE’RE IN a new year and
the same old incidents
keep on occurring. By this
I mean kitchen fires and
arsons.
An unattended cooking
fire in Sockburn this
week raised an interesting
dilemma for landlords.
Most know that there
is a new building law
requirement that landlords
provide smoke detectors in
their properties.
In the case referred to
there weren’t any smoke
alarms in a rental where
the tenant went off to work
forgetting about food
cooking on the stove.
Smoke was seen and Fire
Service troops attended.
There wasn’t too much of
a mess and our crew made
sure there was a brand new
10-year smoke detector
installed (free of charge
by the way) before the
occupant went back in.
But what would be the
result if the tenant had
gone to bed after cooking
rather than leaving for
work? What if then the
worst happened? How
would the law treat the
landlord?
It’s a good enough
reason to make sure an
alarm is there and that the
installation is recorded.
Then it’s the tenant’s
responsibility if the alarm
is removed. Otherwise
landlords, you could be in
the gun!
An arson fire in
Addington on Wednesday
morning was lit in
cardboard stored under
a canopy in the rear
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was cosmetic but some
light fittings and air
conditioning units were
destroyed. It probably
wouldn’t have happened if
combustibles hadn’t been
available.
Please make sure your
skips, bins and cardboard
cages are locked and away
from your building.
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