Flea smoke bombs

Avoid unwanted alarms and fire service visits!

Using flea smoke bombs in your home can be an effective way to control infestation, but it’s important to ensure their safe application to protect your health, property and surrounding neighbours and residents. Flea smoke bombs can also inadvertently trigger fire alarms or lead to calls to the fire service, especially if neighbours or pedestrians see smoke and mistake it for a fire.

Smoke bombs release visible vapours that can resemble smoke of an actual fire and without proper precautions, this may result in emergency calls, wasting valuable fire service resources.

To avoid this... 

• always inform neighbours or nearby residents before using flea bombs 
• make sure you open your windows! Proper ventilation and awareness can prevent unnecessary emergency response while maintaining the safety of your home.

Here is some more key advice we recommend following:

1. Use professional companies or seek proper advice before using fumigation bombs.
2. Inform the fire service of the work you are undertaking so that we are aware in case we receive any calls.
3. Some products come with a notice which you can place on your door to inform passers-by that you have a smoke bomb in operation.
4. Follow the instructions on the device closely to ensure that you are using it safely, and in the appropriate location.
5. The chemicals involved could be harmful, so think of the safety of you and those near to you .

Advice on smoke alarms and keeping fire safe in the home can be found on our smoke alarms page.