*New bin collaboration anything but rubbish* Thousands of people in Rotherham will be safer from fire thanks to a new arrangement between the council and fire service. South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue and Rotherham Council have signed an agreement which means the addresses of up to 7,000 properties which receive assisted bin collections will be passed onto the fire service so that specialist staff can offer free smoke alarms and advice on stopping blazes to residents. The council offers assisted bin collections to people with a disability or medical condition which prevents them from putting their bins out on their own. With known links between people receiving assisted collections and risk of fire, the agreement has been put in place so the fire service can contact people living at those addresses to offer them help. More here 🗑 https://www.syfire.gov.uk/new-bin-collaboration-anything-but-rubbish-for-rotherham-residents/