As a general question to anybody still reading this. How many of you have had the fire prevention officer from your local fire brigade to carry out a fire safety check of your home? I would suspect very few of you. How do you know whether or not you are living in a dangerous death trap?

Perhaps I'm reading things wrongly but that question does seem to be a bit of a deflection from what I'd consider the council's (or other landlord's) duty.

However, to answer your question. We've not had ours checked by the fire service. We do try to take a couple of small precautions, eg. there is a (battery) smoke detector in every room except the kitchen, there is a fire blanket in the kitchen and a fire extinguisher in the living room which has a wood burner. There are no other properties that would be at risk from a fire here.