Keeping your family and home safe
Electricity keeps our homes running—but it can also pose serious risks if not handled properly. Whether you're boiling the kettle, charging your phone, or rewiring a plug, knowing how to stay safe is essential. This section offers clear, practical advice for every room and the people in your home.
Expert guidance for electrical professionals.
As an electrician, you know the importance of working safely with electricity, but even experienced professionals benefit from staying up to date with best practices. This section offers practical guidance to help you maintain high safety standards on every job, whether you're installing a consumer unit, inspecting wiring, or advising clients on safe appliance use.
How to stay safe:
Product recalls
UK electrical product recalls
Millions of recalled electrical products may still be in UK homes often because people don’t register their appliances. Use our database to quickly check if any of your products are affected.
How to stay safe:
Register your appliances
Register your appliances
Registering your product makes it easy for the manufacturer to get in touch with you if it turns out that the item you've bought is somehow faulty or dangerous.
How to stay safe:
Find an electrician
Find a UK-certified electrician
If you need electrical installation work done in your home, we recommend that you use an electrician registered with one of the government-approved schemes.
Powering change
Electrical Safety First runs consumer campaigns to increase awareness of the dangers of electricity and encourage people to make the simple changes that will help them to stay safe in their homes.
Our creative and engaging content focuses on issues identified in our strategy, through consumer research, and analysis of Government data.
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