A NEW partnership has been formed with Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service and Tricuro to help give fire-safety advice to more vulnerable people.

Tricuro provides a range of services to over 7,000 individuals across the two local authority areas in Dorset, including reablement, residential and nursing, day services and support at home and in the community.

Andy Woods, the service’s safe and well team leader for partnerships, said: “The social care landscape is changing, and a greater percentage of the population is now aged over 65, and more likely to be in receipt of some form of health and social care.

“As such, they can be at greater risk of serious injury or death from fire – and our own experience is that people living alone with care support can be extremely vulnerable to the dangers of fire.”

Tricuro approached the service to see how the two organisations could work together more closely.

As a result of these discussions, training was provided to around 80 senior managers at Tricuro, from 40 different sites, delivered via MS Teams across two days.

This training enables Tricuro staff to spot the signs, hazards and risk factors associated with fire, and provides a clear referral pathway for them to request safe and well support from the service.

More information about the safe and well scheme run by Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service can be found at www.dwfire.org.uk/safe-and-well-visits.