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EICRs for rental properties

As you may be aware if you are already reading this, a new law has been passed making EICRs for rental properties mandatory. Landlords & agents will now have to ensure that electrical installations are deemed as safe by a Read more…

By Charlie, 5 yearsMay 20, 2020 ago
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Damaged flexible cable likely cause of death of woman in Carlton flat fire

Anita Hanks, 33, died after the blaze in her Carlton flat on 2nd October 2017. An inquest has heard a fault with the fridge freezer was the likely cause. Fire crews attended the fire at the block of flats, on Read more…

By Lilah, 7 yearsJune 7, 2018 ago
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Leeds house fire started in a cellar

A house in Harehills, Leeds was set ablaze this Bank Holiday Monday (7th May 2018) by a fire in a cellar that involved a fuse board. Two fire engines were dispatched to the fire just before 13:30, and the crews Read more…

By Charlie, 7 yearsMay 9, 2018 ago
Case Study

PAT Testing & Electrical Maintenance

Here at GetTesting we were contacted to perform some PAT testing at a rental property on the outskirts of Sheffield. The property was previously owned by the current owner’s daughter and was in between tenants. The landlady wanted to perform Read more…

By Charlie, 7 yearsMay 8, 2018 ago
Aldi Mini Deep Fat Fryer
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Aldi fryers recalled over electric shock risk

Aldi has announced that it is recalling it’s mini deep fat fryer products over concerns that it may have potential to cause electric shocks. Customers that have purchased the product from the Ambiano range have been informed to return them Read more…

By Charlie, 7 years ago
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Woman suffers from smoke inhalation after fire in Dewsbury home

A woman suffered from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside a home in Dewsbury. Firefighters were called to Russell Street, Westborough, at about 7pm today (Tuesday 13th March 2018). They found an electrical fire in the hallway of Read more…

By Charlie, 7 yearsMarch 13, 2018 ago
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4,732 Fires Were Linked To Faulty Appliances

According to figures, a total of 4,732 fires were linked to faulty appliances across the UK; and over the last year in Nottinghamshire alone, almost 100 fires were due to faulty appliances. The Fire Service concluded that this was also Read more…

By Lilah, 7 yearsMarch 4, 2018 ago
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Call to unplug phone chargers after spate of fires

Firefighters have urged the public to be more careful with phone and tablet chargers after two fires started thought to have been caused by faults, which were switched on but not connected to devices in both cases. As technology has Read more…

By Lilah, 7 yearsFebruary 25, 2018 ago
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Fire service issue tumble dryer warning following Notts house fire

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning to not leave tumble dryers on unattended after a serious fire in an Arnold property left a family of three trapped upstairs. They have urged local residents to not leave white Read more…

By Lilah, 8 yearsJanuary 28, 2018 ago
Salts Mill
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Flat fire at Grade II listing building

Crews attended a fire last night at the Grade II listed building Salt Mills in Saltaire believed to have started due to an electrical fault. The fire, which broke out in the living room an apartment, was noticed by the Read more…

By Charlie, 8 yearsJanuary 26, 2018 ago

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