Four hazards fill the home injury records: fire, carbon monoxide, lithium batteries and falls. Almost everything that works against them is free or costs a few pounds.
Tick what is already true of your home. What is left is the list worth acting on.Sources: NFPA smoke alarm research; US Fire Administration cooking fire statistics; CPSC household smoke alarm survey and micromobility battery incident data; CDC carbon monoxide guidance; Sherrington C et al., Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community, Cochrane 2019; Clemson L et al., Environmental interventions for preventing falls, Cochrane 2023. Full discussion in house fires, carbon monoxide, battery fires and falls at home.
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