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Barbecue safety
Bedtime check
Bonfire night safety
Candle safety
Carbon monoxide
Celebrate safely
Cooking fire safety
Electrical fire safety
Electric blankets
Emollient skin products
Escape routes
Flooding
Flying lanterns
Fuel storage
Getting Summer Ready
Grassland fires
Halloween
High-rise living
Hoarding
Oxygen equipment safety
Referral and contact
Rented homes
Smoking safety
Student safety
Wheelie bins

Wheelie bins are often used by those involved in anti-social behaviour and low level crime to provide fuel for deliberate fires.
Often bins are wheeled to another location and the set alight, but lives and property can be endangered when wheelie bins are torched close to a home. Wheelie bin fires release toxic fumes and smoke which pollute the environment.
We would like to urge residents and businesses to store all bins away to avoid them becoming a target for arsonists.
Don't let your bin become a target for arsonists
- Store all wheelie bins away, especially at night, to avoid them becoming a target for arsonists
- Only place your wheelie bin out on collection day and return it to your property as soon as possible after collection
- Whenever possible, wheelie bins should be stored securely behind locked gates
- Do not overfill your wheelie bins or leave loose rubbish around them
General wheelie bin safety advice
- Don't place hot items in the bin, for example: smoking materials, hot embers from coal/wood, hot ash, etc
- Don't store wheelie bins by windows or doors - any fire in the bin could easily spread to your property