ZNational Safeguarding Fire Safety event 2021: Fire risks in the home - how are we doing in Sutton? What can we do to better safeguard vulnerable adults?

Please note that this event is part of National Safeguarding Adults Awareness week.

Target Group

This session is targeted to social care, CCG, hospitals, mental health services, START,  care providers,  commissioning managers, Sutton Housing Partnership and other housing providers, voluntary and community groups and any other safeguarding partner in the London Borough of Sutton. 

Aims

The aims of the session are:

- To share the findings of the SSAB Fire review task and finish group;
- To officially launch the Fire Safety Audit Tool 
- To explore the Safeguarding principles in the context of fire risks;
- To examine best practice and consider what more we can do to ensure that residents are safeguarded against fire related incidents, serious injuries and deaths. 

Participants will be engaged through a short interactive multiple choice questionnaire to help shape how we can better safeguard vulnerable adults. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the conference participants should have:
- A better understanding about the most common Fire risk factors and the risk assessment of vulnerable adults; 
- An  understanding about the importance of the Fire review auditing process;
- An understanding about why it is important for the Fire Service to do a ‘temperature check’ as to whether organisations are clear on processes.