We install detection systems that are designed to suit your home and cater for everyone.
If you have particular needs, such as being unable to hear alarms or having mobility challenges, we will work with you to devise a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) where possible.
Our trained providers carry out regular fire risk assessments to ensure our preventive and protective measures are the best they can be. We update our provision and policies in line with the latest advice from the government and emergency services.
"We want you to be happy and safe at home, so PA Housing does all it can to protect you and your property from fire. You can be sure that prevention and protection measures we provide meet the highest standards, but there are also many things you can do to look after yourself.”
Michael Wright, Deputy Head of Fire Safety

Preventing a fire
Fire safety in communal areas
As your landlord, we have a legal duty to arrange for a fire risk assessment to be carried out on properties in which have shared communal spaces internally, and for it to be kept under review. This does not include individual houses. But there are a few things you can do to help.
Understand the fire strategy for your home
Do you know if you should leave immediately or stay put within your home (where such is a block of flats)?
If you live in a block of flats/apartments, the Fire strategy should be clearly displayed in the communal area in the form of a fire action notice in the entry lobby. If you discover a fire within your OWN house or flat, leave immediately by the safest exit and contact the emergency services.
- Don’t obstruct the communal areas such as the stairs, corridors, and landings with personal items or things that can set fire easily or become trip hazards for others using the route in an emergency. These areas often form the fire escape route for the block.
- Don’t prop open fire doors in communal areas.
- If you see anything in the communal areas that doesn’t belong there, please tell us so we can arrange removal.
- Please make sure that you put all rubbish in the bins provided – don’t leave it lying around in the refuse area as this can easily be set on fire.
Preventing fires in your flat
The best protection from fire is prevention. Remember, most fires in blocks of flats start within the flats themselves, not in the communal areas.
Smoke detectors are the most effective way of preventing fires. They also give vital early warnings and provide extra time to escape in the event of one breaking out. You should check your smoke detector weekly to see if it’s working.
It’s important to check the doors in your flat are in good condition and that they shut properly. Never remove internal doors or wedge them open. Make sure they’re closed at night, and that you know where the keys are kept for the main door. As a landlord of several hundred purpose-built blocks of flats, it's impossible to check all doors every day.
Therefore, it's important that people who visit, live, or work within one of our blocks raise issues with faulty or damaged fire doors. This will help us to keep everyone safe.

How to stay safe
Most importantly, stay safe
Your priority if there is a fire is to stay safe. If you can smell smoke, hear, see, or feel the heat of a fire, leave the building immediately if you can. Shut doors behind you and call 999 as soon as you’re safe. If you can’t leave or think it would be unsafe, call 999