Residents safer thanks to council and fire data sharing sign-up

摘要

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and Barnsley Council have signed an agreement which means the addresses of around 4,000 properties that receive assisted bin collections will be passed onto the fire service so that specialist staff can offer free smoke alarms and advice on stopping blazes to residents. The council offers assisted bin collections to people with a disability or medical condition which prevents them from putting their bins out on their own. With known links between people receiving assisted collections and risk of fire, the agreement has been put in place so the fire service can contact people living at those addresses to offer them help.