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NAPIT Supports Child Safety Week 2025

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04 June 2025

This week, NAPIT is supporting Child Safety Week 2025, which runs from June 2 to 8. This year’s theme is ‘safety is for sharing’.

Families must be aware of electrical safety within the home and how to prevent the risk of a fire. Electrical fires are devastating and lead to serious injuries and, in some cases, can be fatal. 

Many parents and guardians might not be aware of the risks in their homes that could put their family in danger. Overcharging e-bikes and e-scooters, overloading extension cables, socket-outlet & plugs, and using cheap ‘unofficial’ electrical products, all put your home at risk and could have dangerous consequences. 

The aim is to raise awareness about sharing information on home safety. Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s annual community education initiative, and they have issued a series of safety tips, including Fire Safe Families:

  Prevent fires

  • Take care not to plug lots of chargers and equipment into an extension lead from one electrical socket - the socket will be dangerously overloaded.
  • Store things like hair straighteners safely – avoid leaving them switched on or where a child might be able to switch them on or to touch or use them.
  • Avoid charging e-bike or e-scooter batteries when you’re out or overnight. Follow the instructions and don’t overcharge.

Check your smoke alarms

  • You need a working smoke alarm upstairs and downstairs. 
  • Test your alarms every month. 
  • If you live in rented housing, your landlord is responsible for providing smoke alarms.

Plan your escape

  • Work out your escape route in case of a fire and practice it with your family. 
  • Keep the stairs and escape route clear of clutter at night. 
  • Keep keys to any doors on your escape route in one place so you know where they are in an emergency.

Teach children what to do if they see a fire 

  • Tell someone straight away – a grown-up if possible. 
  • Don’t try to put the fire out yourself. 
  • Get outside as quickly as possible. Don’t try to hide from the fire. 
  • Never go back inside for anything.
Managing Director at NAPIT, Frank Bertie, said: “This campaign is important for raising awareness about electrical and fire safety within the home. Sharing this information for Child Safety Week can save lives and help prevent serious injuries.”

View the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s Child Safety Week Parent Pack here

View the Fire Safe Families Fact Sheet here

 

 

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