Ten children have died in fires in Kirklees in the past 15 years.
And that makes it the worst area in West Yorkshire for tragedies involving young people killed in fires, either deliberate or accidental.
Now fire chiefs are planning a series of new initiatives to mark Child Safety Week, the annual campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the campaign using striking graphics which illustrate the dangers youngsters can face in the home and outdoors.
Firefighters are also visiting schools during the week to speak directly to pupils, their teachers and parents about how to keep safe.
In the last 15 years, 15 youngsters under the age of 18 have died across West Yorkshire as a result of deliberately set fires, 188 more have been injured by them.
In Kirklees six youngsters died in such incidents with 25 injured.
In the same time-frame, 10 children have died as a result of a blaze started by a child playing with fire and 67 youngsters have been injured this way.
Between August 1999 and July 2014, two children in the region have died as a result of fires caused by smoking and 55 more have been injured.
In Kirklees, two youngsters died in fires caused by smoking material and one in a fire caused by radiated heat.
A total of 106 youngsters have been injured over the 15-year period.
Calderdale saw no fatalities in the same period and 69 injured, while in Bradford and Leeds there were nine children killed in each area and more than 200 injured.
The theme of this year’s campaign is “Tackling Teatime Terrors‟ as the kitchen poses a serious risk to youngsters who can be easily scalded or burned.
Since the turn of the millennium, 118 youngsters have been injured in fires across West Yorkshire started by chip pans and 92 more have been injured by other cooking-related fires.
Area Manager for Fire Safety, Ian Bitcon, said: “For firefighters seeing a child get hurt is often one of the hardest parts of their job. The kitchen poses a grave danger to children so if there‟s an accident waiting to happen in your home – prevent it before it does!”
Mr Bitcon added: “Nowadays teenagers have a plethora of gadgets that they are often focused on which can mean they are less vigilant to what is happening around them.
“Overloading plugs sockets can lead to electrical fires and leaving laptops on bedding can result in them overheating and a smouldering fire can quickly develop.”
