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Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

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First report 14 Jun 2017•Latest report 14 Jun 2017

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Local government · Fire and rescue service. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports
1

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Published responses
100%

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Concerns addressed
1

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
13

Described in responses

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100%published responses found
13stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

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    Rasikaben Lallubhai CHAUHAN · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Mrs Chauhan, an 84-year-old woman, was engulfed in flames on 27 December 2016 when an oil-burning candle became dislodged from her Hindu shrine and fell onto her sari-type robe. She sustained multiple burn injuries, and a concern was raised about whether awareness of this specific risk had been shared with relevant community and religious organisations at local or national level.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

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    Lack of clarity about awareness-raising regarding the specific risk with relevant community and religious organisations

    Wider context from the report

    “1) It is not clear if any awareness about this specific risk has been raised at a local or national level, with relevant community and religious organisations. ”
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    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    Link with the Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation to deliver home fire-safety talks.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “We have linked in with The Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation to deliver home fire safety talks and they have agreed to advertise fire safety messages in their quarterly newsletters. The Independent Advisory Group for Wellingborough and East Northants has agreed to assist us with engaging with the Indian community with fire safety education.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 3 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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    Attend the Police and Fire Headquarters meeting to ensure safety messages reach all communities and discuss future prevention work.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “Police Community Engagement Officers send out quarterly Safety Newsletters to 900 Community Leaders across the county which will include fire safety messages. These leaders have been invited to attend a meeting at Police and Fire Headquarters at Wootton Hall on 19 October 2017.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 3 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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    Continue joint police and fire safety talks at Dosti yo meetings in Nazarana.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “As part of our prevention strategy going forward we contacted Dosti yo who run a weekly group at Nazarana. Joint safety talks from the police and fire are now taking place at these meetings. ████████ who runs Dosti yo group also oversees the Zingali group which has a group for women and men each consisting of 30 predominantly retired members from the Hindi and Sikh community and visits are also planned for them.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 3 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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    Deliver a joint fire-safety talk to a Hindu and Sikh women’s community group with police community engagement officers.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “On 30 June 2017 a joint safety talk to a Hindu / Sikh Women’s Community Group was given with Police Community Engagement Officers also in attendance.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 3 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    Promote the national Diwali candle-safety campaign, focusing on keeping clothing away from vases and flames.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “The risk around the use of candles in the home and the cultural aspects associated with this are well known across the whole fire and rescue sector and targeted safety advice features in nationally driven campaigns supported by local action plans. The national FireKiller Candle Safety Campaign will take place specifically during the week of the 5 day Diwali celebrations in October (16th-22nd) and we will be fully promoting that campaign focusing on keeping clothing (including Saris and scarves) from vases and other flames. I include for your information, the following link to the campaign calendar http://www.cfoa.org.uk/12029. This is just one example of a wide range of targeted safety campaigns led by the Prevention and Protection Committee within the NFCC which feature in local delivery plans providing fire, water and road safety advice to communities within Northamptonshire.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 1 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    Plan safety-talk visits for the Zingali groups serving predominantly retired Hindu and Sikh community members.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “As part of our prevention strategy going forward we contacted Dosti yo who run a weekly group at Nazarana. Joint safety talks from the police and fire are now taking place at these meetings. ████████ who runs Dosti yo group also oversees the Zingali group which has a group for women and men each consisting of 30 predominantly retired members from the Hindi and Sikh community and visits are also planned for them.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 3 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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    How this respondent position was interpreted

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    Existing local and national mechanisms sufficiently share risk information and incorporate learning into prevention strategies and action plans.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “I do hope that the information within our response to your Regulation 28 Report provides you with an assurance that NFRS has not only responded appropriately to this very serious fire incident but that there are suitable and sufficient mechanisms in place at a local and national level to ensure that risk information is shared effectively and that Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service will continue to feed any learning outcomes into prevention strategies and action plans in order to help prevent incidents occurring.”

    Source location

    2017-0194-Response-by-Northampton-County-Council
    Page 4 · response
    Published 9 August 2017

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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026