Sheffield Fire Service urge you to ‘Press The Button’

Fire chiefs in Sheffield are urging people to sign up to their Press The Button campaign in an attempt to get people to check that their smoke alarms are in working order.

The campaign comes after crews rescued a woman from her burning flat and discovered that the smoke alarm had been disconnected.

The woman was found face down on her bed at the Royal Exchange Works, Lady’s Bridge.

The fire started when a pan in the kitchen caught fire at around 2am.

Group manager Mick Mason said: “But for the swift actions of our fire crews, this could easily have been a much more serious incident. It’s shocking that people continue to disconnect smoke alarms, which can give them vital extra minutes to escape in the event of a fire.”

South Yorkshire’s firefighters have attended around 100 fires in homes where smoke alarms had been removed or where not working.

Visit www.pressthebutton.co.uk to sign up.