Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service speak out about their Darker Night Campaign as they team up with emergency services across the region.
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00:00 Do you want to tell us a little bit about the Darker Night campaign?
00:03 The Darker Night campaign that we're running at the moment involves our department, Prevention
00:08 Education, going into schools to deliver the message about being safe. There's lots of
00:13 organised displays so we're kind of promoting that as well. It's about the ripple effect
00:17 that it has and the consequences of people's actions.
00:20 And what's some of the typical incidents that you see on Bonfire Night?
00:23 So a lot of the incidents that we're seeing are to do with injuries to hands, faces, ear
00:29 and loss. There's lots of different injuries that can be caused, not just to the individuals
00:34 but other people surrounding as well.
00:37 And what's some of your top tips for keeping safe on Bonfire Night?
00:40 So as Stephen's already mentioned there, our top tips for keeping safe on Bonfire Night
00:45 would be to attend organised displays. These displays are set by professionals who know
00:50 exactly what they're doing. The distances and viewing distances are all calculated properly
00:54 and it reduces the chances of somebody being injured from a stray firework as they potentially
00:59 could be from a domestic display.
01:01 Also just to build on what Stephen's mentioned there, a lot of the incidents we attend on
01:06 and around Bonfire Night are around deliberate antisocial behaviour involving fires and the
01:11 use of fireworks. So our advice to parents would be to be mindful of where your children
01:16 are on those nights, have a word with them about being responsible on and around Bonfire
01:21 Night, not starting deliberate secondary fires and not illegally using fireworks in and around
01:26 their communities.