A joint initiative between Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) and a local Rotary Club has resulted in a major boost to the provision of free smoke alarms to vulnerable residents.
The first batch of 240 alarms purchased by the Stowmarket Gipping Valley Rotary Club has now been handed over to SFRS. The alarms will be installed in homes in Mid-Suffolk where the occupants are elderly, disabled or single parent families.
Over the coming months it is hoped that the Stowmarket initiative will be extended county-wide. Already the Framlingham Rotary Club has signed up to the scheme, and many more clubs have shown an interest in a scheme which has major benefits for local communities.
At a ceremony held at Stowmarket Fire Station this month, the very first smoke alarm was presented by Martin Hall, president of Rotary Club, to Colin Spence, Suffolk County Council's cabinet member for public protection.
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