The most important recommendations are:

• Check installations: make sure that heaters and hobs work correctly.
• Avoid electrical overloads: do not plug various high-consumption apparatus into the same socket.
• Control gas: switch off the supply when not in use and never use electric switches if there is a smell of gas.
• Do not leave lit candles unattended.
• Maintain distances: keep heaters away from curtains, sofas and clothing.
• Adequate ventilation in spaces with gas apparatus to avoid intoxication.
• In the case of fire: call 112 and follow the steps according to whether the fire is inside or outside the home.

One of the key actions in the new strategic plan for the Civil Protection, Prevention, Fire Extinction and Rescue Service (SPCPEIS) is to promote the installation of smoke detectors in homes, simple and inexpensive devices that can save lives.

The launch of the campaign coincided with the corps getting its first fully electric life support ambulance. The zero-emissions vehicle is equipped with the latest technology and an autonomy of approximately 240 kilometres in the urban setting.

In the eleven months up to 30 November, the Barcelona Fire Service provided service in 23,781 cases, an average of 71 actions a day. Of these, 4,897 were for fires or explosions, and 1,984 were in private homes.