TrustMark teams up for fire safety
3rd May 2016

TrustMark has teamed up with CFOA Blue Watch, the Chief Fire Officers’ home safety scheme to promote the use of safe products and features in private and rented homes.

The two bodies aim to reduce the devastation and cost of fires and carbon monoxide poisoning in UK homes, by helping homeowners and landlords to provide safer places to live for their families and tenants. Together the two schemes will raise awareness of these dangers and risks by advising and signposting households to use TrustMark-registered firms to carry out work in and around their properties.

Simon Ayers, Chief Executive of TrustMark, said: “Home safety is a priority issue and should always be addressed before any home is occupied. Our partnership with Blue Watch will enable us to drive home the critically important message to only use skilled, reliable and competent tradespeople who have been assessed and qualified when it comes to carrying out any work on a property. Together with Blue Watch we can make homes and properties in the UK safer.”

CFOA Blue Watch Chief Executive, Brian Gregory, added: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the UK Fire and Rescue Services to share their knowledge and experience in home safety. The opportunity to spread the Home Safety message with TrustMark is too good to miss and I look forward to exploring the various ways we can combine our resources in the future to make UK homes safer.”

All TrustMark firms’ work to Government-endorsed standards and are checked for three cornerstones of quality - their trading practices, customer service and their technical skills.

www.bluewatch.co.uk