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<p>It is for individual fire and rescue services to determine how best they can use
their resources to mitigate the risks associated with fire in their communities. Over
65’s are disproportionately represented in fire fatality statistics; they consistently
make up about 50% of those who die in dwelling fires, yet make up less than 18% of
the population.</p><p><br>Of the 581,000 visits by fire and rescue services to individuals
in their own homes carried out in 2015/16, nearly half (268,000) were made to those
aged 65 and over.</p><p><br>These visits are designed to help householders to assess
the risk of fire and enable fire and rescue services to provide them with tailored
fire prevention advice and, in some cases, with products designed to minimise the
risks should a fire break out. These could include smoke alarms, flame retardant bedding,
electric deep fat fryers and, in some cases, personal fire suppression systems.</p>
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