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Protect yourself and your loved ones

We offer FREE Home Fire Safety Visits to those over 65, who live alone or might be vulnerable.  A member of the team will give advice on smoke alarms, escape routes, safer cooking and slips trips & falls.  If required and with consent referrals to partner agencies can also be made.  For more information click here

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Regulation for Building Fire Safety

Find out more about the current regulations and make sure you are compliant. 

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Safelincs - complete your own Home Fire Safety Check

Using Safelincs you can complete your own online Home Fire Safety Check and you will receive a personalised fire safety action plan to help keep you and your household safe from fire. Once complete and if required there will be an option to request a Home Fire Safety Visit from a member of the team. 

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Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service exceed Home Fire Safety Visits target

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06 May 2025

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) is proud to announce the successful completion of 6,637 home fire safety visits in the 2024/25 period.

EEAST award

Bedfordshire fire and ambulance services’ joint working shortlisted for award

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16 April 2025

A collaboration between Bedfordshire’s fire and ambulance services has been shortlisted for an industry award.

Bedfordshire emergency services test terrorism response

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10 April 2025

Emergency services from across Bedfordshire tested their response to a terrorist incident last week during a training exercise held at MOD Chicksands.

Hose reels

BFRS donates hose reels to Whipsnade Zoo for Warriors of Hope initiative

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10 April 2025

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) has donated 10 obsolete hose reels to Whipsnade Zoo, part of international conservation charity ZSL, which will play a crucial role in their Warriors of

Universal

Universal announcement highlights county’s opportunity, fire chief says

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09 April 2025

Bedfordshire will be home to Europe’s first Universal theme park, as the Government has today (9 April) announced the project has received agreement in principle to move forward.  

Field fires

Fire safety urged during warm, dry weather in Bedfordshire

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08 April 2025

As the Easter holidays begin, Bedfordshire is experiencing an unseasonably warm and sunny spell, leading to dry conditions across fields, grasslands, and undergrowth.

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Helping you stay safe

Most fires in the home can be prevented, which is what we work hard every day to do. You can help to prevent fires in the home as well as other accidents by following our safety advice. Click here to find out more about safety at home, on the road, in water and outdoors.

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