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News Article

05 April 2016

Electrical safety call in Scotland’s social housing sector

Seaward Article: Electrical safety checks

With 70% of fires in Scottish homes caused by electricity, safety charity, Electrical Safety First (ESF), has called for mandatory electrical checks in the country’s social housing and owner occupied flats.

ESF is also lobbying for enhanced electrical safety for Scotland’s ageing population, whether individuals remain in their own residence or enter a care home.

“Having successfully argued for improved electrical safety in the private rented sector, we now want to extend that protection to social housing tenants and owner-occupiers in flats – where electrical fires could spread to other properties”, explains Phil Buckle, Director General of Electrical Safety First. “But we are particularly concerned with older people, who are much more vulnerable to injury from electrical fires than other age groups.

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