Home safety

Home Safety quick links: 

  1. Responsibility for gas safety 
  2. Responsibility for fire safety 
  3. Responsibility for electrical safety 

This section looks at fire, gas and electrical safety. It explains how to prevent accidents and what you should do in an emergency. It also explains the responsibilities landlords have if you are renting your home. 

Responsibility for gas safety

Landlords, contract-holders and owner-occupiers all have legal responsibilities when it comes to gas safety

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Gas safety checks

If the gas appliances in your home are unsafe, you could be at risk of fire, explosion or carbon monoxide poisoning

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Gas safety precautions

There are important steps you should take to keep your home safe. If you’re renting your home, many of these are your landlord’s responsibility

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Responsibility for fire safety

If you rent your home, your landlord has to meet certain fire safety obligations.

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Fire safety precautions

Whether you’re a home owner or a contract-holder, there are certain simple precautions you should always take, to minimize the risk of fire in your home.

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Responsibility for electrical safety

Landlords, contract-holders and owner-occupiers all have legal responsibilities when it comes to electrical safety.

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Electrical safety precautions

Take these important steps to keep your home safe. If you’re renting your home, many of these are your landlord’s responsibility

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When power goes off

The electricity in your home can go off for a variety of reasons. It may be because of an electrical fault in your property or a supply problem in the area

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This page was last updated on: April 25, 2023

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