Kitchen Safety and Sprinkler Training

Last month I was invited to attend a training event in Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue service’s technical centre in Leigh. The training was aimed to teach myself, Business Safety Advisors and Community Safety Advisors how to operate the Kitchen safety unit and the Sprinkler Safety unit for demonstrations to the public.
The kitchen safety unit will be coming to a community event near you to provide information on cooking safety and vital information about using chip pans. The aim of the demonstration is to show the public how serious a fire can be and what happens when a chip pan reaches the point of combustion and somebody adds water.

Our advice now would be that if it safe to turn the cooker off, do so and leave the property whilst closing the doors behind you to prevent the fire spreading. Once you are outside call 999. If it is not safe to turn the cooker off then simply leave, close the door and call 999 to allow the professionals to deal with it safely.