Temperatures are set to hit up 24°C this bank holiday weekend so please enjoy the weather safely with some tips from LRF members.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service says if you’re enjoying Lancashire’s countryside, parks or beaches, please help protect open spaces from wildfire.

✔ Pack a picnic instead of using disposable barbecues on grassland or moorland
✔ Fully extinguish cigarettes and smoking materials
✔ Take your litter home, glass bottles can start fires in sunlight

It only takes one spark.

For more safety tips from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service visit: Wild Fire Safety Tips. How to Protect Your Home and Garden | Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

North West Ambulance Service also has some tips make sure you are prepared.

✔ Stay hydrated
✔ Wear sunscreen
✔ Find shade
✔ Carry your medication/inhaler
✔ Check on elderly relatives/neighbours

Use 111.nhs.uk if you need urgent medical advice, but it's not life-threatening.

What can we do to stay safe?

There are a few very simple things we can all to do stay safe when we experience high
temperatures.

This includes looking out for people who may struggle to keep themselves cool and
hydrated. Get in touch with friends, family or neighbours that may need help keeping cool.
Staying cool indoors is important, taking action like closing curtains on rooms that face the
sun but also remembering that it may be cooler outdoors than indoors.

And if you’re out and about, try to keep out of the sun and avoid physical exertion in the
hottest part of the day.

There’s lots more information online to help you stay safe during hot weather. Visit the
UKHSA and NHS websites including their pages on how to beat the heat and on heat
exhaustion and heatstroke.

Beat the heat: hot weather advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Heat exhaustion and heatstroke – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Enjoy the sunshine and have a great and safe weekend.