Thanks for the reminder I check mine regular x

i know what you mean i hate fire too (gas also scares the hell out of me)

Check mine every day when I'm cooking lunch!!! We had a fire once when we were out, but luckily we had a full fire alarm system coz it was a guest house and the fire brigade came. Poor dog was locked in the smoke filled room and the parrot!! They both survived thank God, I would never have forgiven myself I am very, very aware after that!

Yes explosions! ( my dad used to be a comercial gas engineer! )

i always have this fear of leaks going to light a fag on the cooker and BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes my cooking dont go as planned and my smoke alarm gets tested that way...

ours goes off if you slightly over cook toast
saying that i'd rather have a sensitive one than one that goes off too late

We have recently had a home fire safety check by our local fire brigade (had 4, yes 4 firemen round!) and got 2 smoke alams free.

The downstairs one is tested regularly when cooking!

my BIL is a station officer for the brigade (hes single ladies LOL) so we are safety conciosus (sp?)

Just thought of something else-does anyone have a fire escape plan for their home???

Im not analy retentive about safety,but admit that fire scares the bejesus outta me so i always leave key in front door at night so if push came to shove-i wouldnt have to fumble around for the right key.My back/side door are the same and they are all UPVC which i know are the fire brigades worst nightmare cause they are hard to force entry.